Concluded
Description: Working With Titles
In this exercise, each participant is to write a list 5 titles for a poem and post them here. After you've written your list of titles, pick the one you want as a title for your poem, then choose 4 of other people's suggestions to incorporate in your poem.
All poems should be posted to the "Working With Titles" workshop.
Date:
Mon, 01/30/2012 to Mon, 02/27/2012
Description:
Leader: Jess (weirdelf)
Moderator(s): Beauregard, Geezer, Wesley Snow
Objectives: To get meter inside our heads and make it easy.
Level of expertise: Open to all
Subject matter:
More Meter
In the last meter workshop we compared iambic meter with trochaic and had a quick look at anapaestic. This time we will start with a discussion on meter and each participant's experience/knowledge of it. The workshop activities will be tailored to each persons needs and development.
Description:
Write poetry with the aid of brainstorming and discussion with others
Leader: Lou
Co-leader. Scribbler
Moderator(s):
Raj
Objectives:
To create poems using brain storming method and as a source for original ideas, and to have fun writing.
Level of expertise: Splash Pool
Subject matter:
All workshop chat room sessions 3.00pm - 5.00pm New York time 8.00- 10.00pm GMT
Sunday 4th December. Brainstorm themes - come up with at least 10 / Brainstorm styles
Date:
Sun, 12/04/2011 to Sun, 12/18/2011
Each participant posts their favourite famous poem by a famous poet. Everyone will severely critique each poem, suggesting improvements and challenging premises and assumptions. The participant who posted the poem will then edit/ re-write it.
Description: The use of rhyme, its forms and variations.
Leader: weirdelf
Moderator(s): themoonman
Objectives: By the end of the workshop participants will be more knowledgeable and comfortable in the use of rhyme and its consequences.
Description: Meter for everyone
NOTE- This is not just for Shark Pool, we will deal with all levels of ability.
This workshop is about the backbone and music of poetry- meter.
It is open to all levels of poets and is guarantee to be useful for everyone.
We will examine the four most important types of meter, do some fun exercises and finally write a poem.
The objective is to help everyone develop an ear for the natural meter of language, giving the basis for making this instinctive, rather than a concious task.
Date:
Wed, 09/07/2011 to Mon, 10/17/2011
Description:
To improve your writing skills and widen your perspective.
Leader:
Lou
Scribbler (Co-Leader)
Moderator(s):
Raj
Objectives:
To improve your writing skills. To re- write and post a poem that is in someone else’s style and therefore develop fresh ideas and a new perspective on your writing and its style. The idea is not to use someones re-write at the end of the workshop and call it your own.
Subject matter:
Date:
Wed, 08/31/2011 to Wed, 09/14/2011
Description:
Leader: China Blue
Moderator(s): Candlewitch
Objectives:To write using emotions,so the reader can feel them
Level of expertise: Open to all
Subject matter:writing workshop
Syllabus
Olympic Pool Workshop:
Using Emotions In Writing
Goal: To use an emotion that the reader can identify without naming the emotion
Learning how to write with emotions felt everyday
Date:
Sun, 09/04/2011 to Sun, 09/18/2011
Deep analysis of poetry- looking for more than the apparent words.
There is a great deal of resistance to "depth analysis" of poetry (often caused by unfortunate school experiences) however it can provide a great tool for insight in review and critique as well as honing our own skills in the writing of deep, rich, quality verse.
In this workshop each participant will submit a poem which the other participants will firstly attempt to describe/summarise as simply as possible the literal meaning. The comparisons will be revealing.
Date:
Mon, 08/01/2011 to Thu, 08/25/2011
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