Contemporary Poetry Writing at Tom Collins House March-April 2010
*When?* 10am-12 noon Wednesdays for 7 weeks starting on 2 March 2010.
*Where?* Tom Collins House, Swanbourne.
This course is for beginning poets and those with some experience. *Explore
contemporary poetry writing in a friendly group setting* with experienced
poet Janet Jackson as your guide.
With a series of writing activities, exercises and experiments we will
release our poetic voices, finding inspiration in our surroundings, in other
texts and art, and in randomness. We will discover and invent new
connections and ideas. We will learn about form, content, voice, address and
imagery. We will explore the music of words, how poets make them sing, sigh
and cry.
We will also learn about editing and improving our poems to make them more
beautiful, more satisfying and perhaps more publishable.
Participants will receive a booklet with example poems, information about
techniques and activities, further reading and resources.
Course aims: 1. Participants will explore poetry writing through a
progression of writing activities and techniques and by reading and hearing
poetry from various periods and genres.
2. Participants will have opportunities to write in ways they may not have
previously tried.
3. Participants will come away with drafts and ideas for new poems.
4. Participants will learn ways to improve their drafts by editing.
5. Participants will discover some of the resources available to poets
locally, nationally and internationally.
Presented by Janet for the Fellowship of Australian Writers WA (FAWWA).
*Cost per session:* $30 for FAWWA members; $45 for non-members
Sign up with FAWWA <http://www.fawwa.org.au/>.
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