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Poetry Classes, Events & Replays Currently Open for Registration or Available for Purchase (All Offered Online)
How to Write a Poem Every Day
Options $10 – $130
I have come to believe that writing a poem every day is easy. I would like to help you get there too. This course will cover a variety of compositional strategies that you can turn to whenever you aren’t sure what to write about. You’ll often be able to use them to create a draft of a poem in an hour or less. This course has a self-led version and an interactive option with community and feedback. (read more and register)
Writing Together Online Gathering
Free
This ongoing event is intended to help you mark out some time on your calendar for writing and meeting other poets. Don’t let the word “poet” here be intimidating: writers of all abilities, including beginners, are welcome. The only requirement is that you’d like to try writing alongside poets and that you come ready to support others. The majority of the session is focused on silent writing, with ten minutes at the end to optionally share and talk. (read more and register)
Finding Guideposts for Your Writing
$20
This is the video replay of a talk that originally was released in February 2025, along with an accompanying workbook. Learn a framework for exploring your identity as a writer and gaining clarity on what you want to achieve, so that you can better navigate your writing life. The talk centers around three main questions: Who are you as a writer? Who is your intended audience? What would you like to achieve in your writing life? (read more and purchase)
Explorer Bundle for Poets
$30 $28
For poets and the poetry-curious. Grow more limber in your poetry-writing and think about what you want to achieve as a writer. Great for an introduction to poetry or a refresh: even experienced poets will discover something new. This bundle includes two products: an ebook version of the class How to Write a Poem Every Day, and Finding Guideposts for Your Writing (a recorded video presentation with accompanying workbook). (read more and purchase)
Poetry Playground: Exploration of Joy
$25-$130
Above all, poetry should be fun, so I’m proposing we embark on a exploration of joy. I’ve chosen a poetry technique or exercise from my list of the most fun types of poems I know for each month October 2026 – May 2027. Sign up for just one or two months or all classes. There is an early-bird discount on the all-classes package through September 22, 2026. Meets two Sundays each month over Zoom at 12:30 PM ET. (read more and register)
Image credits:
Calendar for October 1899 (1898) print in high resolution by Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Original from the Rijksmuseum.
Detail from watercolor by Camille Grávis [Captive balloon with clock face and bell, floating above the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France] (between 1880 and 1900). Tissandier Collection, Library of Congress.
Photo by Himesh Kumar Behera.
Photo by Oliver Roos (@fairfilter)
Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Child at Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938, Library of Congress.