The Poetry Workshop
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Ave, Suite #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesThe Poetry Workshop continues with returning members and new members having poetry writing experience. Fresh, intriguing poetry prompts offer group members the opportunity to experiment with various styles, forms, subjects…
The Advanced Poetry Workshop
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Ave, Suite #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesThe Advanced Poetry Workshop is open to students who have completed previous workshop-level classes at The Muse or those who have extensive workshop or graduate-level experience. This class focuses on…
Heaven Assure, Shoulders High in the Room
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Ave, Suite #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesIn this poetry workshop, we'll find forms of happiness in different life situations. Specifically, we will study excitement, grief and reconciliation, inspiration and creativity, and contentedness. Poets we will study…
Poetry 1: Learning to Write Poetry
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Ave, Suite #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesWhether you’re brand new to poetry or just need a refresher on the craft of writing poems, this class will focus on the fundamentals of what makes a great poem.…
Poetry 3: Going Deeper with Revision & Workshop
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Ave, Suite #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesYou've been crafting poetry and you've successfully made use of several forms and styles. It's time to take a more critical look at what makes a poem appeal to a…
Writing the Body: a Workshop for Health/Medical Workers and Caregivers
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Ave, Suite #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesDoctors, nurses, health, or hospice workers--as well as many other professionals and caregivers--are always called to heightened service in their line of work, especially in the current climate of global…
The Poetry Studio
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Ave, Suite #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesThe studio continues: Members of the group will actively write and revise original poetry, with a special emphasis on the careful review of members' work, the examination of the literary…
Writing Poems in a Burning World
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Ave, Suite #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesEcopoetry refers to poetry which thinks of the natural world as an ecology of relationships between the human and the more than human. It views nature as neither romantic backdrop…
Once Upon a Time: Writing Narrative Poems
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Ave, Suite #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesWe usually think of fiction as the realm of story and poetry as the realm of lyrical meditation, but poems can also tell stories. We all have memories of stuff…
From Wounds to Words
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Ave, Suite #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesUnleash the power of your emotions and experiences as the Wounds to Words Poetry seminar takes you on a mesmerizing journey through the depths of your soul. Explore the profound…
Writing Gay Erotic Poetry
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Ave, Suite #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesSince we learned to write, erotic poetry has been part of the corpus of poetry. Gay erotic poetry was always present, if subdued. We’ll do a quick timeline, from Gilgamesh…