Poetry Roam: Craft & Generative Poetry Lounge (diction/word choice)

Melanie has an ear for poetry and a heart for people. Her feedback is curious, probing, and creativity-provoking . . . She will inspire you.

—Rosalind Hughes, Episcopal priest and author, A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing, and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, Euclid, Ohio

Join published poet and MFA graduate for Poetry Roam: a Craft and Generative Poetry Lounge. These virtual gatherings provide an opportunity not only to dally in the magic of verse, but also to draft new poems. These lounges are open to all poetry levels, including beginner.

Each Poetry Roam session will focus on a different craft element. Melanie will define that week's craft element, and offer example poems for exploration. There will then be ample time to freewrite, with an optional prompt provided. Each Poetry Roam concludes with debriefing and sharing to each person's comfort level.

This autumn's Poetry Roams will happen on select Fridays from 2:30pm-3:45pm Eastern. The schedule for the entire autumn session is below. You can pay for individual sessions, or buy a discounted series ticket, which covers all sessions. Fees are sliding scale.

September 6: imagery

September 13: metaphor

September 27: sound play

October 4: diction / word choice

October 18: art of the line

November 1: form

November 15: speaker and point of view

November 22: punctuation

Whether you only attend 1 session, or all 8, you are welcome. Please email Melanie at [email protected] with any questions.

is an MFA published poet, teacher, and #ChurchToo spiritual abuse survivor. She has a Master of Fine Arts in poetry from the Naslund-Mann School of Writing at Spalding University. Melanie's poetry lives in Presence, Sunlight Press, Clerestory, Tipton Poetry Journal, and many other journals. A Washington Writers' Publishing House contest winner, she served as the final Poetry Editor at Geez Magazine. Learn about previous workshops Melanie has held, and/or join her monthly poetry & prayer missive, where she announces future events like these poetry roams.

Host or Publisher Melanie Weldon-Soiset, published poet and former pastor