Your Poetic Voice: A 4-Week Workshop

“My job is just to write what I need to write." - Adrienne Gruber

What do you need to write?

In this four-part writing workshop, we'll look at a range of poetic styles and voices. We'll talk about what you want to do with your poetry and how you can dig deep into your own life and imagination. We'll discuss branching out from engrained habits and when it's worth sticking with what you know and love.

Through prompts and exercises, we'll create poems of our own. If you choose, you'll receive feedback on your work from peers and the workshop leader.

Every week, I'll provide you with free opportunities to submit to outlets that accept poetry, so we won't only be writing as an exercise. These are poems you might get published!

This course is suitable for all levels, whether you're a seasoned writer or just starting out.

LOW-INCOME tickets are available - just click through to the ticket options.

To ensure a safe and comfortable space, this event will NOT be recorded. Everyone is welcome.

Marion Lougheed grew up in Canada, Benin, Belgium and Germany. Her poetry book Baggage Claim is dedicated to everyone whose hometown is a suitcase. It's available wherever books and ebooks are sold.

Marion is a writer, editor, publisher and anthropologist. Her poetry won the Prime 53 Poem Summer Challenge (Press 53, 2021) and was selected for the League of Canadian Poets' Poem In Your Pocket Day (2021). She also writes fiction and nonfiction, and contributes regularly to Writer's Digest and others.

Marion is the founding editor of Off Topic Publishing and holds a diploma in Professional Writing. She is ABD in anthropology from York University.

Marion is available to edit your work. Find her at www.mledits.com (editing) or www.marionlougheed.com (writing).