Lift Off

Are curious, but not totally convinced that poetry has a place for them.

Struggle to make time for creativity in the bustle of daily life.

Love the idea of a weekly creative date with a small group of others.

Feel ready (though maybe a little scared) to share their writing.

Enjoy experimentation.

Are interested in exploring their own lives as writing material and sharing some of what comes up. (We tend to get a little personal).

Thrive in small, cozy groups (this class will never have more than 8 participants).

Feel aligned with our fundamental beliefs.

Lots of poems written by you!

New favourite poets, both from out in the world, and from around the workshop table.

A renewed sense of your writing voice and your unique gifts as a writer.

Writing peers whose work you are invested in.

A feeling of creative playfulness and possibility.

Creative courage.

Critique or competition. We’re all about the love.

Strict rules on “how to write poems”. We’ll work on developing your writing skills but we don’t subscribe to the idea that there’s one way to create powerful work.

Pressure to write things you don’t want to write. We go where the joy is.

A lot of instruction on poetry “forms.” We’ll play with some forms like villanelles and haiku, but the focus of this workshop is on the spirit of poetry, not the rules.