Words@Work - Each month a new challenge, offered by a new provocateur. Culminating in a Zoom event to share the results with each other and the public. The challenges - more technical, than thematic - may range from light-hearted to heavy-lifting, but always with a good humor and open to wide-ranging responses and results.
Poets peel back masks - theirs or others - to reveal what lies beneath.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the live event. New to Zoom? It's free and easy. You do not have to have a camera and/or microphone on your device to watch/listen, but it might be more fun if you do! Poets do like to see an audience!
Free, but registration required
Poets Creating Conversation challenges poets to circle loosely around a theme or issue to create a broad, multi-dimensional “conversation” between poems, poets, and audience.
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Tales from inside the pandemic. It's been a long year! Sourdough, mask confusion, loss, and moments of joy - anything is possible as storytellers lay it on the line.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the live event. New to Zoom? It's free and easy. You do not have to have a camera and/or microphone on your device to watch/listen, but it might be more fun if you do! Poets do like to see an audience!
Social, physical, emotional - poets step into the space between.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the live event. New to Zoom? It's free and easy. You do not have to have a camera and/or microphone on your device to watch/listen, but it might be more fun if you do! Poets do like to see an audience!
Poets Creating Conversation challenges poets to circle loosely around a theme or issue to create a broad, multi-dimensional “conversation” between poems, poets, and audience.
Words@Work - Each month a new challenge, offered by a new provocateur. Culminating in a Zoom event to share the results with each other and the public. The challenges - more technical, than thematic - may range from light-hearted to heavy-lifting, but always with a good humor and open to wide-ranging responses and results.
Missed connections and close calls. Poets chew on neurons and synapse to navigate the mindscape.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the live event. New to Zoom? It's free and easy. You do not have to have a camera and/or microphone on your device to watch/listen, but it might be more fun if you do! Poets do like to see an audience!
Poets Creating Conversation challenges poets to circle loosely around a theme or issue to create a broad, multi-dimensional “conversation” between poems, poets, and audience.
Words@Work - Each month a new challenge, offered by a new provocateur. Culminating in a Zoom event to share the results with each other and the public. The challenges - more technical, than thematic - may range from light-hearted to heavy-lifting, but always with a good humor and open to wide-ranging responses and results.
Sometimes, you just don’t see it coming. And sometimes you do.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the live event. New to Zoom? It's free and easy. You do not have to have a camera and/or microphone on your device to watch/listen, but it might be more fun if you do! Poets do like to see an audience!
Free, but registration required
Poets Creating Conversation challenges poets to circle loosely around a theme or issue to create a broad, multi-dimensional “conversation” between poems, poets, and audience.
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