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Creating Space: Poetry for All with Michelle Doege

$250.00

Poetry belongs to ALL people. Historically, people have created, captured and expressed their lives and dreamings into poems (or stories) orated around fires and community gatherings. Everyone's voice and story matters as a part of the larger human web. This workshop will encourage and offer tools to help you value your own voice and story.

Together, we'll explore and learn about the art form of the poem, which also often tells a story. We'll read and learn from other poets' poems, but also, write our own. We will learn the skills and craft of writing strong and impactful poems with lessons/practice on details and images, using space on the page, the power of a good metaphor, etc. 

Poems also come to life when we share them with others; somehow, this sharing completes the circle. In this workshop, we will share our poems with each other – workshopping our poems and reading them out loud. In the end, we will honor and celebrate our time together with a reading of our poems to our group.

Each week, you can expect:

  • Inspiration/Wisdom – towards writing poetry

  • Craft Lesson – to create greater impact in your poem

  • Read/Study -- other's poems focused on weekly lesson

  • Writing Exercise – to practice/develop poetic craft and skills

  • Community & Support – as we learn, practice, laugh & share together

To learn more about the facilitator, Michelle Doege, please visit: https://www.michelledoegepoet.com/

7 Sessions**

WHEN:

Saturdays, 9:30 am-12:30 pm

Mar 7, Mar 14, Mar 21, Mar 28, Apr 11, Apr 18, April 25 (in the Caetani Gallery)

$250.00***

WHERE:
Ninfa Studio, Caetani Cultural Centre , Vernon, BC

WHAT TO BRING:

Notebook, Pen

Registration closes March 2, 2026

**Please note this workshop has a minimum number of required attendees to proceed. Refunds will be issued if this threshold is not met to the facilitator’s requirements. Maximum 10 participants per class.

***Financial subsidies are offered on a case-by-case, as-needed basis for Creating Space Workshops. Please email programs@caetani.org to apply.

Poetry belongs to ALL people. Historically, people have created, captured and expressed their lives and dreamings into poems (or stories) orated around fires and community gatherings. Everyone's voice and story matters as a part of the larger human web. This workshop will encourage and offer tools to help you value your own voice and story.

Together, we'll explore and learn about the art form of the poem, which also often tells a story. We'll read and learn from other poets' poems, but also, write our own. We will learn the skills and craft of writing strong and impactful poems with lessons/practice on details and images, using space on the page, the power of a good metaphor, etc. 

Poems also come to life when we share them with others; somehow, this sharing completes the circle. In this workshop, we will share our poems with each other – workshopping our poems and reading them out loud. In the end, we will honor and celebrate our time together with a reading of our poems to our group.

Each week, you can expect:

  • Inspiration/Wisdom – towards writing poetry

  • Craft Lesson – to create greater impact in your poem

  • Read/Study -- other's poems focused on weekly lesson

  • Writing Exercise – to practice/develop poetic craft and skills

  • Community & Support – as we learn, practice, laugh & share together

To learn more about the facilitator, Michelle Doege, please visit: https://www.michelledoegepoet.com/

7 Sessions**

WHEN:

Saturdays, 9:30 am-12:30 pm

Mar 7, Mar 14, Mar 21, Mar 28, Apr 11, Apr 18, April 25 (in the Caetani Gallery)

$250.00***

WHERE:
Ninfa Studio, Caetani Cultural Centre , Vernon, BC

WHAT TO BRING:

Notebook, Pen

Registration closes March 2, 2026

**Please note this workshop has a minimum number of required attendees to proceed. Refunds will be issued if this threshold is not met to the facilitator’s requirements. Maximum 10 participants per class.

***Financial subsidies are offered on a case-by-case, as-needed basis for Creating Space Workshops. Please email programs@caetani.org to apply.

Weekly Lessons & Practice

Heart Center of the Poem & Arteries that Feed – What makes a strong poem, an impactful poem? What pieces come together in the poem to make this happen? 

The Power of Authenticity & Your Unique Voice – We want your unique experience and voice in your poem. Tips and strategies to get comfortable and honor being our unique selves in our writing.

Engaging the Senses – How can adding more specific or surprising details impact our  poem? What does a clear and delightful, or even disturbing image, add to the poem?  

Giving Shape to the Poem – The importance of a line, sentence, stanza & white space. How can we use space on the page to empower our poem?

Do You Hear What I Hear? – Listening for the sound and music in a line, a stanza or the entire poem. What tools can I use to increase the musicality in my own poems? 

Making the Personal Universal – How will others relate to my poem, especially if it is personal? The power of metaphors (and other strategies) to increase connection!

Close Readings & Workshopping – We can learn so much from reading, studying and workshopping others' poems. What strategy did they implement to create such sadness, joy, or awe?

The Brave Act of Sharing – Tips and practice for reading our poems out loud. We'll end with a reading/celebration honoring our creative work in the writing and sharing our poems.  

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