The Poems Only You Can Write: Identifying and Embracing What Sets Your Work Apart

This one-session remote workshop is designed to help you explore the topical, structural, and stylistic aspects that make your work your own... more
April 25
1 Saturday

10:00am - 1:00pm

The Poetry Workshop: An Online Class

Are you eager for specific, constructive feedback on your poems? Do you want to participate in an online community of writers committed to helping each other develop their poetry writing skills? If so, this is the class for you... more
April 19 - May 31
6 Weeks

All Day

Fearless Poetry Workshop

Now celebrating over 15 years at The Writing Salon, this workshop draws people who want to jumpstart their poetry practice and to keep the engine oiled. You’ll do plenty of writing and reading, and we’ll have lively discussions about both the craft and the process(es) of poetry... more
April 08 - May 06
5 Wednesdays

7:00pm - 9:30pm

The Alchemy of Sonnets

“Combining observation and contemplation, inner and outer worlds, wit and heart, a compelling sonnet shines like a tiny jewel,” says instructor Kathleen McClung... more
February 01
1 Saturday

10:00am - 1:00pm

Berkeley, CA

The Revolving Door Poetry Workshop

This class will focus on creating a community space for writers to reimagine their own material, to read contemporary and classic poems, to discuss elements of poetic craft, and most importantly to generate “new” work by way of revision... more
January 26 - March 01
6 Sundays

10:30am - 1:00pm

Berkeley, CA

The Revolving Door Poetry Workshop

This class will focus on creating a community space for writers to reimagine their own material, to read contemporary and classic poems, to discuss elements of poetic craft, and most importantly to generate “new” work by way of revision... more
February 19 - March 25
5 Wednesdays

7:00pm - 9:30pm

San Francisco, CA

Embracing the Hush Hour: Deepen Your Poetry Practice

The goal of this intimate 8-session class is for each person to finish a handful of new poems for potential publication. We’ll be drafting or revising a poem in between each class meeting; plan to complete 4-8 new works by the end of the class in April. Along the way we’ll share constructive feedback... more
January 17 - April 24
8 Fridays

6:00pm - 8:00pm

San Francisco, CA

The Poetry Workshop: An Online Class

Are you eager for specific, constructive feedback on your poems? Do you want to participate in an online community of writers committed to helping each other develop their poetry writing skills? If so, this is the class for you... more
January 26 - March 08
6 Weeks

All Day

The Revolving Door Poetry Workshop

This class will focus on creating a community space for writers to reimagine their own material, to read contemporary and classic poems, to discuss elements of poetic craft, and most importantly to generate “new” work by way of revision... more
November 03 - December 15
6 Sundays

10:30am - 1:00pm

Berkeley, CA

Fearless Poetry Workshop

Now celebrating its 15th year at The Writing Salon, this workshop draws people who want to jumpstart their poetry practice and to keep the engine oiled. You’ll do plenty of writing and reading, and we’ll have lively discussions about both the craft and the process(es) of poetry... more
November 07 - December 12
5 Thursdays

7:00pm - 9:30pm

San Francisco, CA