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Watch this video and also learn more about our Think Poetry program for Summer 2023 by scrolling down to the Think Poetry Q+A below!
A recorded "at-your-own-pace" webinar led by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong is available for Anthologies 101. Learn about Anthologies 101 at Sylvia's blog, on Twitter, at Linda Kulp Trout's Write Time, and Mary E. Cronin's blog. Email us for info!
Linda Kulp Trout
After you've taken Antho 101, we welcome you to continue with 301 (video webinars) on creating graphics, poem videos, or poetry swag; or 401 (a course with email correspondence to accommodate a flexible schedule) where we'll work together on an anthology. Read this post at Sylvia's blog to learn more.
A Skills-Based Program for Teachers and Librarians
We know that teachers and librarians who incorporate poetry into the curriculum need guidance in presenting this genre and in moving from reading poetry to helping children write poetry. Plus, many retired teachers and librarians and teaching authors are active in education as mentors, consultants, and substitutes—and our goal here is to promote more guided poetry writing in schools.
We are offering the Think Poetry workshop to:
—current educators;
—retired teachers and librarians;
—teaching authors (poets who work with schools).
Poets who have joined us before will also be welcome to register for Think Poetry.
The tentative format is somewhat different from Anthologies 401 in that the poem assignments will be skills-based. Our focus is on motivating poem writing PLUS providing guidance in how to incorporate various poetry writing skills, such as alliteration and metaphor, as well as poem elements such as rhyming and free verse poetry. There will still be black + white photos to inspire everyone—it will still be an ekphrastic project, with the finished book resembling WHAT IS A FRIEND? and WHAT IS A FAMILY?—but all participants will be invited to write poems that fit specific skills prompts, for example:
—Poem #1: a poem using rhyme;
—Poem #2: a poem using repetition;
—Poem #3: a poem with a strong rhythm;
—Poem #4: a poem using stanzas or specific structures (alignment, acrostic, etc.);
—Poem #5: a poem using metaphor or simile;
—Poem #6: a poem using alliteration;
—Poem #7: a list poem
—Poem #8: a mask poem or poem of address (using personification or dialogue)
—Poem #9: a syllabic form (haiku, tanka, cinquain, etc.)
—Poem #10: a free verse poem (with and without punctuation and capitalization)
—a surprise bonus poem!
Examples and instructional videos will be provided for all these techniques and forms. Participants will choose from these options as they compose original poems and they will receive ongoing feedback on all their writing. Our goal is for each participant to write a total of five poems (or more, if desired).
Registration opens on May 1st, 2023.
We're structuring things so that Think Poetry has a "soft start" and "soft end" with flexible at-your-own-pace writing schedules. We understand that school calendars are variable and some teachers are still in school through mid-June while others are already starting the new school year in early August. If someone wants to write all of their poems in mid-June, they can do that. Or if they need to wait and write all of their poems in mid-July, they can do that instead. In order for us to produce a book that will be published in September, we need to select all of the poems for the book by early August.
Note: we strive to have one poem by each workshop participant in our Think Poetry book (title TBD), but having a poem in the book is not guaranteed.
We have gathered approximately 100 names of poets who would like to be invited as guest poets for our book. We have been honored to draw from this list for our past several books, including poets such as Naomi Shihab Nye, Jack Prelutsky, Margarita Engle, Nikki Grimes, Linda Sue Park, and dozens more as guest poets.
In addition, we always invite alums of our Anthologies 101 course to submit poems. In late July we will send an invitation to alumni of our previous anthology poets to submit poems for consideration for a handful of spots in the book. There may be a total of 4 alum poems chosen in early August by the Think Poetry participants.
Registration for Think Poetry will open on May 1 and we will begin sending the program materials (videos, poem examples, etc.) at the end of May. Participants will engage in self-paced study June 1-30 and will be receiving feedback on their writing June 15-July 15 with publication planned for the end of August.
Registration Fees
$499 (includes a class set of 25 copies of our proposed poetry anthology)
Or $299 for the course (without a class set of 25 copies of our proposed poetry anthology)
If you are interested in registering, please send an email to info@pomelobooks.com AND please copy both janet@janetwong.com AND svardell@gmail.com.
Note: Registration in our Anthologies 101 course ($89; a watch-on-your-own video) is strongly recommended to put us all “on the same page” but is not required.
Please reach out to us at info@pomelobooks.com if you'd like to register for a workshop!
You can take it anytime it's convenient for you! We offer an "at-your-own-pace" webinar format for Antho 101 — instead of the previous format of live Zoom sessions. For more details, please email us at info@pomelobooks.com.
For the moment we are no longer offering Anthologies 201.
Our most recent Anthologies 401 workshop has just ended. The next one may be offered in Fall 2023 with self-directed exercises, email feedback on poems, and one live Zoom session. If it is offered, the cost will be $299.
Anthologies 301 is an "at-your-own-pace" webinar. You can watch videos on GRAPHICS (creating digital postcards and images for social media), VIDEOS (creating promotional videos), and SWAG (creating promotional items such as stickers). The cost is $99.
Anthologies 101 and 301 are "at-your-own-pace" webinars that you can watch at your convenience.
For Anthologies 401 and Think Poetry, recorded videos are offered only as part of the course (not offered separately).
Antho 101 *
An hour-long video recording for you to watch on your own.
* If you want to register for Antho 401, you must have taken Antho 101 first
Cost: $89
Antho 301
Three video recordings for you to watch on your own.
Topics covered: creating graphics, videos, and swag (stickers, postcards, mugs, etc.)
Cost: $99
Our Recent Antho 401 - A Sample Schedule
A four-part course on publishing an anthology for ages 8 and up
See the Antho 401 books WHAT IS A FRIEND? (published in October 2022) and WHAT IS A FAMILY? (published in March 2023) for a better idea of the project.
Part 1: a self-study video (at your own pace): Jan-Feb 2023
Part 2: self-paced writing and feedback: Feb 2023
Part 3: experience in evaluating and choosing poems: Feb 2023
Part 4: optional live Zoom in March 2023
Cost: $299
THINK POETRY
A skills-based course to be held in Summer 2023 for current and retired educators with a focus on poetry skills. We'll produce an anthology similar to WHAT IS A FRIEND?
Email us at info@pomelobooks.com to sign up!
Mary E. Cronin