The Poet's Forge

Date & Time: Every second Saturday from 2:30-4:30pm

Location: FPL Meeting Room

Audience: Adults

Host: Craig Deininger

The Poet’s Forge is a workshop that emphasizes craft—hence “forge” and its connotations with smithing—the actual work we do within and upon the substance of language. This emphasis does not omit the many subtler elements vital to poetry like inspiration, imagination, meaning and so on. Rather it simply holds the techniques of the craft as its primary focus.

The workshop is geared to those who are serious about developing their skill in composing poetry. The atmosphere will be professional and respectful, attending precisely to the poetry of the participants. Anyone interested in writing more poetically, regardless of experience, is quite welcome provide they are prepared to honor what their poetry has to say as its own autonomous entity, so to speak.