The Poetic Mindset: Beginner's Tools for Writing Poetry

Always wanted to write poetry but not sure where to start? Want to make sense of the world or process life experiences through words?

Look no further. These interactive session is a safe environment to play with, delight in, and learn to excel with words. In this 2-hour session, we will explore the uses of metaphor and poetry to examine and make sense of our realities, and receive practical tools on how to begin writing poetry.

Session
Monday 7th December at 7:00-9:00pm AEDT

This workshop session is designed to:

Build confidence as individuals
Help you to reflect on the 'why' of creativity and how to bring joy to yourself and hope to others
Equip you to begin writing
Equip you to refine and perform work

You will leave with:

A sense of comfort with writing and the idea of you as a writer, and with the diversity of style that exists
Tools to wind-down the inner critic, to begin a piece, and then to refine that piece and perform it
Tools and practical examples on how to use your work for yourself and for others

Group and solo activities:

Poetry reading
Writing poetry to express our life
Writing poetry to offer hope to others

Workshop suitable for beginners to intermediate.

ABOUT MIRIAM DALE

Miriam Dale is a poet and author currently based in Melbourne, Australia. For the past decade she has been writing and publishing poetry, and equipping others to do the same. Her passion for creativity as a means for community building, as well as individual and societal healing, drives her work and inspires her to train others in how to create and use poetry and other art forms in their own lives. She has published two books (with a third in the works), won several awards, and is always seeking out the next opportunity to grow her own skill and to equip others. Her favourite things include (of course) writing, reading, rain, restful afternoons with family, and as much alliteration as she can get!