Gillian Wegener will facilitate a free poetry workshop at the downtown Modesto library on Saturday, June 11, 2022 from 1:00-3:00. This in-person workshop will focus on creating poems of connection and joy. All ages and experience levels are welcome. This is the first MoSt Summer Poetry Workshop of the season, so hope to see you …
Join facilitator Linda Scheller for Humor in Poetry, the second MoSt Poetry Summer Workshop of 2022. We'll meet on Saturday, July 16 from 1-3pm PT at the Stanislaus County Modesto Library. Participants will examine poems containing humor, consider methods and ideas for creating humor in poetry, and write first drafts of a poem enhanced by …
Join facilitator Salvatore Salerno, poet laureate of Modesto, for the third MoSt Poetry Summer Workshop of 2022. We will meet on Saturday, August 20 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Stanislaus County Modesto Library. Participants are requested to bring a poem or two in working drafts, or even brief phrases of potential poems, to the workshop. They …
Award-winning poet Kai Coggin will facilitate a Zoom workshop and read her poetry Saturday, October 1, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PT. $20 per person; please register at https://mostfall2022.eventbrite.com to receive Zoom link. Kai Coggin (she/her) is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Mining for Stardust (FlowerSong Press 2021) and INCANDESCENT (Sibling Rivalry Press 2019). …
Please join us in the Modesto Library's Makerspace on Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. for "Questions, Lies, & Repetition," a poetry writing workshop facilitated by Linda Scheller. Participants will read, discuss, and write poetry in this free, in-person workshop open to the public. All ages are welcome, and no prior poetry …
Please join us in the Modesto Library Auditorium for "Playing with our ABC's: Poetry Using the Alphabet as Structure," a poetry writing workshop facilitated by Gillian Wegener. This workshop will focus on using the alphabet as structure for new poems. We'll try our hand at abecedarians, observational alphabet poems, and dictionary poems. Walk-ins welcome.
