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Using Elements of Poetry to Improve Your Prose

Old Town Library 201 Peterson St., Fort Collins, CO, United States

In this workshop with author Deborah Jackson Taffa, we’ll discuss how prose narratives can benefit from poetic techniques, how expanding the use of poetic principles—from metaphor to repetition, space, juxtaposition, […]

Free

Crossing the Field: Poetry and Photography

Old Town Library 201 Peterson St., Fort Collins, CO, United States

Using text and photos (provided), we'll investigate ways the elements in each find themselves interacting on and with one another. From there, we'll turn our attention to how we might […]

Free

How I Learned to Love Revising and Reject Rejection

Council Tree Library 2733 Council Tree Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Writer and teacher Uma Krishnaswami, author of many books for young readers, will talk about her writing journey, what it takes to build a writing life, and why children are […]

Free

Writing Home: Your Words, Our Community

Old Town Library 201 Peterson St., Fort Collins, CO, United States

This workshop will feature the words, memories, and features of a landscape you know best: home! We will experiment with creative nonfiction writing elements and strategies as we explore the […]

Free

Poetry for the People

TAC 212 212 West Mountain Avenue, , Colorado 80521, United States, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Your words make a difference. Write poetry for the people in this teen workshop with National Student Poet and fellow teen Gabriella Miranda. Gabriella guides you through writing poetry to […]

Free

Finding Literary Voice Through Regionalism

Lincoln Center 417 W Magnolia Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Find literary voice through regionalism in this workshop with Oscar Hokeah. Learn how Hokeah developed a Kiowa-specific and Cherokee-specific voice in Calling for a Blanket Dance, taking into account cultural […]

Free

Poetry for the Stage, Drama for the Page

Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

The sometimes ambiguous, liminal space between poetry and theatre writing can be a remarkably generative space from which to create. Though, historically, these genres have not been entirely distinct, they […]

Free

Be a Bookmaker

Harmony Library 4616 S. Shields St., Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Kids in grades K-3 create their own book and write their own story in this hands-on program. Bring your own story ideas or use our story prompts. Supplies will be […]