CRAFTING POEMS with James Dewar

CRAFTING POEMS with James Dewar is offered in the online ZOOM ROOM format on the SECOND SATURDAY MORNING of each month from 10 until 12 EST..

James spends about 15 minutes each workshop discussing an interesting aspect of writing good verse and then participants practice it by creating at least two poems. James then encourages everyone to share these fresh poems. Both James and the other participants offer feedback that accentuates what is working well and what stays with them.

Your muses will enjoy this creative, productive atmosphere.

The fee to attend each workshop is $44 (+ HST).

Saturday mornings 10-12 in 2025(EST):
January 11
February 8
March 8
April 12
May 17
June 14

July and August – muses on vacation

September 13
October 11
November 8
December 13

CLICK HERE to REGISTER for the workshops.

Poetry Craft Topic May Include:

Making a Metaphor
Lyricism as Surprise
Creating Tone using Assonance
Endings – How Do You Know When a Poem is Done?
Choosing from the Stanza Bonanza
Odes
Creating Immediacy in Poems
Enjambment as Entertainment
Revision Poetic Techniques part 1
Poetry of Place
How Readers Recognize Themselves in Poems
Dreaded Associations
Finding the Centre of a Poem
Long-Armed Poems (after Ellen Bass)
The Difference Between Sentiment & Sentimentality
Assonance and Mood
Dramatic Monologues
Prose Poems
The Turn
Creating Echoes
Enjambment Excellence
Tenor and Vehicle
Sound and Movement
Points of View
Designing Intriguing Titles