Writing and Performing Poetry

John Palen

In-person and Zoom

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20

NO CLASS 11/29

Participants will write poems and share them with the group weekly. Special attention is paid to using model poems by published poets to learn about the tools in the poet’s tool kit and how to use them. No previous experience with reading or writing poetry is needed. For each session, we’ll start with an open mic-style reading of our poems, followed by discussion of the next model poem, then some light critiquing of our poems by study group participants.

Reading materials: Facilitator will provide materials.

Facilitator:  John Palen has been a published poet for more than 50 years, both in literary journals and in nine books. He’s won a few prizes along the way. He has led this group for a number of years and first used this approach to poetry workshopping years ago as part of the Michigan Poets in the Schools program.