Fierce Poetry Workshop

$200.00

The Fierce Poetry Workshop is a supportive and invigorating space for cultivating the craft and practice of poetry. In four weekly online sessions, we share poems, consider craft, and explore the truths and opportunities of our humanity. Six poets will share and get feedback for a poem every week, plus respond to the poems of their peers.

The next Fierce Poetry Workshop starts in June 2020. Our theme will be: pandemic poetics

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The Fierce Poetry Workshop is a supportive and invigorating space for cultivating the craft and practice of poetry. In four weekly online sessions, we share poems, consider craft, and explore the truths and opportunities of our humanity. Six poets will share and get feedback for a poem every week, plus respond to the poems of their peers.

How the Fierce Poetry Workshop works

  • Six students participate in an interactive workshop format for 4 weeks
  • Weekly sessions are held on Mondays from 2 to 3 p.m. PT via Zoom
  • Sage sends a weekly prompt to inspire new writing
  • Each student shares one poem each week
    • Poems are shared in class
    • Students and instructor respond to poems during class
  • Poets of all levels welcome

The next Fierce Poetry Workshop starts in June 2020. Our theme will be: pandemic poetics

Sage’s teaching philosophy

With an MFA in poetry from New York University and 20+ years as an instructor, I give collegiate-level feedback on craft. My critique style is to identify what’s working in student’s poems—because I believe leveraging our strengths evokes our best work—with a focus on understanding and contributing to each student’s unique voice and vision.

Benefits of the Fierce Poetry Workshop

  • Expert guidance from a seasoned poet and experienced instructor
  • Accountability and inspiration to create new poems every week
  • Practice in developing critical thinking skills in response to others’ poems and your own
  • Valuable feedback to help inform revision and the evolution of your poetics
  • The opportunity to consider and cultivate the craft of poetry in a supportive community
  • Inspiring and invigorating exploration of the practice of poetry

Praise for Sage 

“Sage struck an amazing balance of stirring things up within us and leading us to a poem we can be thrilled we have constructed. I always knew she was a favorite poet of mine, and now I get to claim her as one of my favorite teachers!” — Eileen

“I’ve become so engaged and inspired by this course that I’m building poems in my sleep and can’t wait to get to my computer to sort out a fraction of the material!” — Mary

“I feel that Sage’s feedback has encouraged me to dream, fly and weave rather than simply walk or run.” — Maureen

“Sage, your feedback opened doors that had been long closed.”  — Polly

“You’ve made me want to write, write, write.” – Lois

Questions?

Email sage at sage [at] sagecohen [dot] com to learn more .