Bring your poems to Westboro and we’ll have a look. This Wednesday I’m leading “Another Notch Up – Poetry Workshop”, Wed. Jun. 4, 7-8:30pm, $8
Poetry is learning to refine your words. A poem from each participant will get detailed comments for density, sharpness and energy. A reading list of links to tips to tighten and torque, and to poetics articles will be handed out. Each participant gets a chance to consider what shines or needs polishing in each other’s work in a cooperative environment moderated by the workshop leader Pearl Pirie. They’ll be time to do an exercise together to (optionally) share. Pearl Pirie has two poetry collections (Thirsts, 2011 and been shed bore, 2010), and a third forthcoming with BookThug in 2015. She has a few chapbooks, a micro press, several blogs, a gig as literary radio host for Literary Landscape and irregular gigs to teach poetry. She has run the Tree Seed Poetry Workshops series since 2009.
Location: Board Room, Dovercourt Recreation Centre
Register in online, by phone (613-798-8950 ext. 0) or in person at 411 Dovercourt Ave, Ottawa, or online with course code 91959. Register with The Westboro Brainery. It is a social recreation program where the community teaches and learns together. Powered by Dovercourt Recreation Association, the Westboro Brainery connects the subjects and the teachers so you can learn cool stuff without a long term commitment. Classes are inexpensive, a couple of hours long, and taught by hobbyists, experts, nerds and academics. They can be mainstream, slightly strange or downright wacky.