Concluded
Description:To gain a better understanding of the masters of poetry
Leader: China Blue
Moderator(s):
Wesley Snow
Alidzane
Objectives:To learn about and how the 19th century masters lived ,and wrote
Level of expertise: Open to all
Date:
Fri, 06/05/2015 to Sun, 06/21/2015
Description: A poem to make us smile or , even better, laugh. Six stanzas maximum. No more than five lines per stanza. Any form, can be old or new (new would be preferred).
Sponsor(s):scribbler
Judge(s):TBD
Objectives: Just a contest to have fun and get each other smiling
Subject matter: Any subject within neopoet guidelines
How Judged:
Description:
26 days, one subject, three styles of poetry, biting critique, 10 slots . . . Are you willing to give it a try
How are you feeling?
Up to a challenge?
Want to test your ability to write way out of your comfort zone?
Good.
Then join my workshop. It starts May 8th and runs for 26 days.
In that time, 10 lucky people will be assigned a subject and will produce three (3) separate poems and critique 27. You do not get to choose the subject, the styles, or the time.
What could possibly go wrong?
Date:
Fri, 05/08/2015 to Fri, 05/29/2015
Description:
Leader: scribbler
Moderator(s): judyanne
Objectives:Improving poetry by more effective use of titles
Level of expertise: Open to all
Subject matter: Titles and their effect
Date:
Fri, 04/24/2015 to Sun, 05/24/2015
Description:A poem written in either rhyming couplets or quatrains. Often used in Christian liturgies and often containing the phrase "Lord have mercy on us."
Sponsor(s):stan
Judge(s):anonymous
Objectives:Expose folks to a fairly unusual form
Description: Analysis of "critique"
Leader: W. H. Snow
Moderator(s): Alidzidan, Rula
Objectives: To leave the participants with a better understanding of what and how the poet critiques.
Level of expertise: Open to all
Subject matter: Critique.
Date:
Sun, 04/05/2015 to Thu, 04/30/2015
Description: Write a Quatern about anything you wish
A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain.The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, the third line of stanza three, and the fourth line of stanza four.
A quatern has eight syllables per line.It does not have to be Iambic or follow
a set rhyme scheme.
line 1
line2
line3
line 4
line 1
line2 (line1)
line 3
line 4
Description: A workshop concerning the fundamentals of poetic meter.
Leader: Wesley Snow
Moderator(s): Rula, Judyanne
Objectives: For those who have found meter difficult in the past, this workshop will be a comprehensive attempt at solving the difficulty once and for all.
Level of expertise: Open to all
Subject matter: Poetic meter and its application.
Date:
Tue, 03/03/2015 to Fri, 04/03/2015
Description:Defining and writing pastoral poetry in a manner suitable for the present era
Leader: scribbler
Moderator(s): wesley snow
Objectives:To expose writers to the pastoral style of poetry as it is written today and give each a chance to try their hand at it.
Level of expertise: Open to all
Subject matter:To become effective at writing pastoral poetry in a manner which relates to contemporary readers
Date:
Sun, 02/08/2015 to Sun, 03/08/2015
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