Lit Lab Writing Workshop: Acrostic Zine Poetry

Join The Doylestown Bookshop’s Summer Workshop Series as we host various authors who will present a variety of topics for upcoming, newly published, or seasoned writers.

This workshop requires tickets. There are multiple options, listed below. The ticket options that include books offer excellent value, as the authors will personally sign the books, as well as additional books purchased at The Doylestown Bookshop during the evening of the workshop.

Ticket Options:

General Admission - $20

General Admission + And Everything In-Between by Andrea R. Freeman - $30

Acrostic Zine Poetry Workshop

Whether you're new to poetry, or a seasoned poet, this workshop is open to all levels for those who want to creatively write, make art & connect with their intuition. Author & Intuitive Arts Coach, Andrea R. Freeman will be using her own card deck: "What's Your Anthem?" to help those discover what their word, mantra is & what they want to feel, experience or tap-into in the present moment.

Andrea will intuitively guide those to choose their own card/word/anthem to write an Acrostic Poem. An acrostic poem is a word spelled out vertically, and then horizontally...expressed into sentences by using the first letter of the initial word, spelled down vertically. Acrostic poetry gives words an additional meaning/story/purpose to its origin. These words chosen & poems created, can represent one's affirmation, reminder, confirmation, connection to one's higher self, inner child messages, stories, etc.

Participants will then take their word and create their own Zine (mini magazine) that within its pages, will visually reflect what their word represents. Andrea will provide all the materials needed to create a Zine, plus examples on how to design their own. Participants can take home their own Zine to have more creativity time.

About Our Guest:

Andrea R. Freeman is an author, poet, Intuitive Arts Coach, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of The Poets' Cauldron Anthologies & a poetry open mic host. She has authored two books: Messages From My Grandparents in Heaven; How You Can Keep Contact With Yours | And Everything in-Between: Poetry for Reconnecting, Releasing & Reclaiming Parts of Self. Andrea's other published poetry can be found in the Pennsylvania Bards Anthologies 2023-2026 & Stick Figure Poetry online. She also leads creative writing classes & Illumination Journaling Workshops on Facebook. Andrea is currently creating card decks & journals for writers & other stationary products. To stay connected with Andrea, please visit her two pages on Instagram: @soul_to_page & @the.poets.cauldron

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