Whether you are just dipping your pen into poetry or have a bundle of poems in the bottom of a desk drawer, you can find guidance, inspiration, and information about the craft of poetry in this workshop. We’ll learn from examples, explore literary devices and poetic forms, write together, and share our writing with the aim of improvement and support. Be ready to write and participate in discussion each week. To facilitate getting to know each other, please bring a favorite poem by any poet to the first class.

Moderator: Cate O’Hara has moderated several poetry workshops for OLLI. She holds an MA in English from Univ. of California, Berkeley, and is director of OLLI. She loves words, poetry, and writing and looks forward to interacting with like-minded, curious learners.