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  • January 2026

  • Writing Poetry Like a Movie

    January 13 @ 8:00 PM EST - February 17 @ 10:00 PM EST
    Al Basile
    Zoom

    Imagine your poem as though you held a camera and planned a sequence, choosing what to include “in t...

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    $295.00 5 tickets left
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    Poetry Vs. Trauma

    January 18 @ 11:00 AM EST - February 1 @ 1:30 PM EST
    Claudia Gary
    Zoom

    Trauma can shut us down; writing poems can help free us to open up again. This workshop will present...

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    $150.00 14 tickets left
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    Revising Your Poems

    January 27 @ 7:00 PM EST - 9:00 PM EST
    Natasha Oladokun
    Zoom

    Revising can be very intimidating territory for all of us, but in this workshop we will take a diffe...

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    $60.00 24 tickets left
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    The Survival Power of the Lyric Poem

    January 31 @ 10:00 AM EST - February 28 @ 12:30 PM EST
    Judith Harris
    Zoom

    Think now of poetry as a school for emotions, and the lyric has had a revelatory power evoked throug...

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    $250.00 9 tickets left
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  • February 2026

  • Write a Love Poem

    February 1 @ 1:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
    Patricia Gray
    Zoom

    If you’re not a poet, or even a writer, no worries. This workshop jump-starts your creativity with f...

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    $60.00 18 tickets left
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    Sonnet Crash Course

    February 7 @ 10:00 AM EST - 12:30 PM EST
    Claudia Gary
    Zoom

    Guided by an award-winning and internationally published author of sonnets, villanelles, and other m...

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    $60.00 17 tickets left
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    Poetry as Autobiography

    February 8 @ 1:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
    Sue Ellen Thompson
    Zoom

    The autobiographical impulse has always been a strong one in American poetry, but it wasn’t until th...

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    $60.00 42 tickets left
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    $40 Pop Up: Radically Writing Inside the Box

    February 17 @ 7:00 PM EST - 9:30 PM EST
    Zoom

    “Make it New” is a writer’s taunt and requirement as they return to the page, and oftentimes the har...

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    $40.00 29 tickets left
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    Freedom With Forms

    February 21 @ 10:00 AM EST - 12:30 PM EST
    Claudia Gary
    Zoom

    Here’s an opportunity to shed any misconception that poetic forms are only constricting. Inspired by...

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    $60.00 16 tickets left
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    Poem Fundamentals

    February 24 @ 7:30 PM EST - March 31 @ 9:30 PM EDT
    Donald Illich
    Zoom

    This class aims to teach students how to write poems that surprise with imagery and ingenuity. Sever...

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    $295.00 7 tickets left
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    Titles as Portals to Revision

    February 28 @ 10:00 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST
    Melanie Figg
    Zoom

    What makes a good title? How can a title expand a poem’s meaning and impact? How can a weak one hold...

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    $60.00 30 tickets left
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  • March 2026

  • Whole-Brain Poetry

    March 1 @ 11:00 AM EST - March 29 @ 1:30 PM EDT
    Claudia Gary
    Zoom

    “Whole-Brain Poetry” is an opportunity to explore some of the many ways poetry interacts with the br...

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    $250.00 17 tickets left
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    People Places and Things that Make Us Verbs (Blackout Poetry)

    March 7 @ 10:00 AM EST - March 21 @ 11:30 AM EDT
    Mariah Barber
    Zoom

    Drawing from the textures of newspaper headlines and the tenderness of novel pages, we’ll explore ho...

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    $150.00 59 tickets left
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    Write the Day

    March 7 @ 11:00 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST
    Indran Amirthanayagam
    Zoom

    You will transform your day into poetry and fiction. You will make poems and stories from everyday details of your life. We will read and then write poems and stories […]

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    $60.00 13 tickets left
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    Turning Points: The Role of the Volta in Poetry

    March 15 @ 1:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
    Sue Ellen Thompson
    Zoom

    Although we associate the term "volta" with the traditional sonnet form, it has been used with great...

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    $60.00 50 tickets left
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    Verses and Codas: Investigations in Form and Music in Poetry

    March 17 @ 7:00 PM EDT - April 28 @ 9:00 PM EDT
    The Writer’s Center 4508 Walsh Street
    Bethesda, MD 20815 United States

    Music in poetry can be difficult; insist on it too much and the music can overtake meaning, too litt...

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    $350.00 10 tickets left
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  • April 2026

  • Persona Poem Crash Course

    April 4 @ 10:00 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT
    Claudia Gary
    Zoom

    In the Persona Poem, or Dramatic Monologue, the poet writes in the voice of another real or imagined...

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    $60.00 17 tickets left
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    All About Tone

    April 12 @ 1:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
    Sue Ellen Thompson
    Zoom

    Robert Frost said, "It's tone I'm in love with; that's what poetry is, tone." The ability to control...

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    $60.00 50 tickets left
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    Natural Meter Crash Course

    April 18 @ 10:00 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT
    Claudia Gary
    Zoom

    Have you ever wondered how scanning the lines of your first draft can make for a better poem? Here’s...

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    $60.00 17 tickets left
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    Collage Poetry: Telling Your Story in Pieces

    April 19 @ 2:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
    Saaret E. Yoseph
    Zoom

    How to tell your story in pieces Create physical / digital collage poems representing your personal journey(s), origin stories, and / or future aspirations using found imagery and text. This […]

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    $60.00 14 tickets left
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    Poetry for the End of the World (and other hard times)

    April 26 @ 11:00 AM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT
    Zoom

    In this workshop, writers will consider end-times poems both ancient and contemporary in order to fi...

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    $60.00 15 tickets left
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