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Poetry Workshops

Saturday, October 17, 2020, 9:30 am – 11:00 am

Location: Firehouse Cultural Center

Event type: Workshops & Classes

Six -1.5-hour Poetry Workshops

February 8: Writing the love poem.

April 4: Spring has sprung! Celebrating rebirth with seasonal poems

June 13: Summer memories: Tapping childhood summers for reflective poems.

August 8: Back to School poetry writing.

October 17: The colors of fall: Writing imagery-rich poems to fill the senses.

December 12: Holiday Rhymes and Reasons: Creating the “Gift” Poem.

Instructor Bio: John Davis Jr. is a seventh-generation Floridian whose poetry has been published in dozens of literary venues internationally. His poems have been repeatedly nominated for the Pushcart Prize and other laurels, and his books, Middle Class American Proverb (Negative Capability Press, 2014) and Hard Inheritance (Five Oaks Press, 2016) have also been critically acclaimed. He teaches English, Literature, and Creative Writing for colleges in the Tampa Bay Area, and resides in Riverview.

Tuition: FREE


9:30 a.m. – 11:00 am, Saturdays,
Feb.; Apr.; June; Aug.; Oct.; & Dec

Registrations suggested!

Walk-ins Welcome, however space is limited!

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