Workshop for those who have graduated from the Splash Pool or are ready to take their poetry skills to the next level. This workshop should offer encouraging and more critical feedback from each other and the Moderators/Leaders. Main purpose of workshop is to help the attendees improve their own poetry skills and helping them to offer more detailed critique.

By Barbara Writes, 14 September, 2016

Bring In Autumn Renga 15

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Workshop: Collaborative Poetry Writing (Renga)

Description: This is a meeting place for all poets on Neopoet to read, learn and write collaboratively poetry. In this workshop you will learn to write (4) four forms of Japanese poetry.
Poets would also come together and co write any poem of their choosing.

1. Haiku three lines of poetry written with 5/7/5 syllables
2. Senyru three lines of poetry written with 5/7/5 syllables
3. Tanka five lines of poetry written with 5/7/5/7/7 syllables
4. Renga a string of tanka poems from two or more poets.

By Rula, 25 April, 2016

Abstract words and abstract poetry

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Description:

Leader: eightmenout (Scott)
Moderator(s): Rula

Objectives:
to accentuate abstract words with imagery and to write abstract poetry. We will discuss abstract words along with when and how to use them. We will critique two abstract poems, one good and one not so much. Each participant will offer a rewrite of the "not so good" poem. Then each participant will submit an original abstract poem for review by the workshop.

of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter:

By Barbara Writes, 22 March, 2016

Bring in the Spring Eternal Renga

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Workshop: Collaborative Poetry Writing (Renga)

Description: This is a meeting place for all poets on Neopoet to read, learn and write collaboratively poetry. In this workshop you will learn to write (4) four forms of Japanese poetry.
Poets would also come together and co write any poem of their choosing.

1. Haiku three lines of poetry written with 5/7/5 syllables
2. Senyru three lines of poetry written with 5/7/5 syllables
3. Tanka five lines of poetry written with 5/7/5/7/7 syllables
4. Renga a string of tanka poems from two or more poets.

By wesley snow, 9 January, 2016

Three classic poetic forms.

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Description: Three small poem structures to be taught beginning with Terza Rima for seven days.

Leader: wesley
Moderator(s): Rula

Objectives: To introduce three small and uncommon classical forms.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: In this opening workshop we will talk about and attempt to write a Terza Rima.

By Barbara Writes, 11 December, 2015

Collaborative Poetry Writing (Voices of Neopoet)

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Workshop: Collaborative Poetry Writing (Renga)

Description: This is a meeting place for all poets on Neopoet to read, learn and write collaboratively poetry. In this workshop you will learn to write (4) four forms of Japanese poetry.
Poets would also come together and co write any poem of their choosing.

1. Haiku three lines of poetry written with 5/7/5 syllables
2. Senyru three lines of poetry written with 5/7/5 syllables
3. Tanka five lines of poetry written with 5/7/5/7/7 syllables
4. Renga a string of tanka poems from two or more poets.

By wesley snow, 9 October, 2015

The Minnow’s Shop (Beginner’s Workshop)

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Description:

Leader: Wesley
Moderator(s): Rula

Objectives: To explore rudimentary poetic concepts in and entertaining way.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: Basic poetry meter and rhyme schemes. The use of a poetic form.

By wesley snow, 26 June, 2015

Storytelling in Verse (sempiternal): The Horror Story

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Description: Storytelling in Verse (sempiternal) workshop is holding a workshop within concerning "horror" in poetry.

Leader: Wesley snow
Moderator(s): Chrys

Objectives: To write a horror "story" in verse (hopefully out horroring each other.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: Some things we will discuss is the difference between subtle (Hitchcock style) and hack and slash.

By scribbler, 21 April, 2015

TITLES here we go

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Description:

Leader: scribbler
Moderator(s): judyanne

Objectives:Improving poetry by more effective use of titles

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: Titles and their effect

By scribbler, 2 February, 2015

Effective Contemporary Pastoral poetry [Let's start]

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Description:Defining and writing pastoral poetry in a manner suitable for the present era

Leader: scribbler
Moderator(s): wesley snow

Objectives:To expose writers to the pastoral style of poetry as it is written today and give each a chance to try their hand at it.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter:To become effective at writing pastoral poetry in a manner which relates to contemporary readers

By scribbler, 27 October, 2014

"The Right Word"

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Description: A shop which will show there Is a difference between using words and using the Right words.There will be ongoing discussion as well as "fill in the blank" and second party editing on poetry.

Leader: scribbler
Moderator(s): wesley

Objectives:We will use discussion as well as exercises in order to help people put more thought into the word usage in their poetry.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: Expanding people's awareness of how much just a few "right" words can greatly improve their poetry.

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