Albany Poetry Workshop’s online classroom provides “five exercises that we hope will inspire, cajole, and tease you into writing new work.”

The exercises themes include:

• The Five Senses
• Organic Metaphor
• Organic Simile
• Personification
• Integrated Poem

If these five exercises aren’t enough, check out their other sessions, including a Seven-Session Writing Exercise, a Thirty-Session Writing Challenge, and additional writing exercises from guest teachers:

• Dorianne Laux
• Janet Holmes
• William Ferriter

This is a great resource if you need ideas for conducting a writing workshop for your own poetry group or just to get the poetry wine flowing.

I love this quote shared on their site, “The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person.” — Czeslaw Milosz

Enjoy and get writing!

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