Poetry Workshop: Turn Your Drafts into Finished Poems

This 6-week workshop will provide a dynamic virtual space where you can get personalized feedback on poems in progress, from brand-new drafts in need of development to later drafts in need of polish... more
February 04 - March 17
6 Weeks

All Day

The Poems Only You Can Write: Identifying and Embracing What Sets Your Work Apart

This one-session remote workshop is designed to help you explore the topical, structural, and stylistic aspects that make your work your own... more
February 17
1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

10:00am - 1:00pm

Poetry Generation Intensive

In this class, students will explore multiple techniques for generating new poems, and for drawing possibilities for new work from our own and others’ existing poems... more
January 16 - February 20
6 Tuesdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Intro to Poetry: Unlock Your Emotional Truths

In this class, we will explore poetry together, none of us traveling to precisely the same place, but all of us keeping one another company on the journey. By the end of five weeks, you’ll be able to uncover the emotional truths that most compel you to write... more
January 23 - February 20
5 Tuesdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

San Francisco, CA

Poetry Mentorship with Brian Tierney

This remote poetry “class” offers a unique opportunity for personal and intimate poetry instruction. Students will work with Brian Tierney one-on-one, via written correspondence over two months, during which students will compile and send three "packets"... more
January 15 - March 18
9 Weeks

All Day

Selecting and Ordering Poems for Submission and Publishing

“Whether you’re submitting poems to journals or putting them together for a book,” says instructor Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, “learning how to order and present your work can give you a deeper understanding of how that work is received – and of what sets your poems apart... more
September 16 - September 23
2 Saturdays, (Pacific Time)

10:00am - 1:00pm

Playing with Poetic Forms

"Form in poetry is like a jungle gym which can give structure to the swinging impulses of your mind and strengthen and lengthen your poetic muscles," says instructor Alison Luterman... more
September 19 - October 17
5 Tuesdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Fearless Poetry Workshop

Now celebrating 19 years at The Writing Salon, this workshop keeps drawing people who want to jumpstart their poetry practice and to keep the engine oiled... more
October 15 - November 12
5 Sundays, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 4:30pm

San Francisco, CA

Making Connections: Writing a Poem Sequence

Do you ever feel like you’re trying to squeeze too much into a single poem? Or like a poem isn’t complete on its own? If this sounds familiar, you might be ready to compose a poem sequence.... more
October 01 - November 12
6 Weeks

All Day

Poetry Mentorship with Brian Tierney

This remote poetry “class” offers a unique opportunity for personal and intimate poetry instruction. Students will work with Brian Tierney one-on-one, via written correspondence over two months, during which students will compile and send three "packets"... more
October 16 - December 18
9 Weeks

All Day