Poetry Workshop Groups | Summer 2024
START DATES: TUES 4 JUNE @ 10.30AM & WEDS 5 JUNE @ 2PM
DURATION: 4 WEEKS
LEVEL: EMERGING / INTERMEDIATE
COST: €100
LOCATION: ONLINE
The Wordbox Workshop returns — 4-week online poetry workshopping groups for emerging writers, to read, discuss and receive feedback on their work.
Led by award-winning poet Angela T. Carr, the Zoom sessions will give participants the opportunity to present new work each week, using a tried-and-tested workshopping format developed from the teachings of lateral thinker Edward de Bono.
Together, the group will:
Identify the themes at work in each poem and discuss how to clarify and amplify these ideas for maximum impact,
Examine the structural elements of the poem and identify opportunities to strengthen its language and construction,
Examine the poem from the perspective of a reader and/or editor, to identify edits and/or missing information.
Suitable for emerging/intermediate writers sending poems to journals and/or competitions, who want to improve the quality of their work.
Max. 6no. writers per workshop group.
Morning and Afternoon daytime groups avilable - select option below.
Participants are required to submit work in advance of the weekly session and each poem will receive between 20-30 minutes of the group’s time.
The 8x8 Wordbox Workshop is designed as a follow-on to Writing Slant: Making a Poem, a six-week taught programme taking a deep-dive into the tricks and techniques of editing poetry for publication.
What Writers Say About Wordbox Workshops:
'I've got huge amounts from the workshops - both from your outstanding insight and the other group members - what a smashing bunch of super-talented women! I'm very happy to draw a very satisfied line under a fulfilling creative experience.' - WM (UK)
'It's been a real joy sharing the weekly workshops with you all. Thank you so much Angela for your truly marvellous Captaincy and everyone for your thought-provoking, deeply moving, funny poems, and for your insightful thoughts on mine!' - CO (UK)
'Thank you for another wonderful class and for all I learned from you and from everyone. You were all the perfect constellation of personalities to help me at the exact time when I really needed it.' - CW (US)