Welcome! Let's make poetry!

These sessions on making poetry will involve reading poems together, followed by a discussion of the basics of writing poetry. Students will then have the opportunity to work on their own poems, either those previously written or new poems written during class time. Models and writing prompts will be available on a variety of possible subjects – places, people, travel, nature, memories, dreams, health, pets, for example. Ann will then provide some one-on-one guidance as students continue to develop their craft.

Poet Bio

Ann Taylor is a Professor of English at Salem State University in Salem, Mass. where she teaches both literature and writing courses. She has written two books on college composition, academic and free-lance essays, and a collection of personal essays, Watching Birds: Reflections on the Wing. Her first poetry book, The River Within, won first prize in the 2011 Cathlamet Poetry competition at Ravenna Press. A chapbook, Bound Each to Each, was published in 2013. Her most recent collection, published in 2018, Héloïse and Abélard: the Exquisite Truth, is based on the twelfth-century story of their lives. She is now working on a manuscript entitled, Sortings.