We host workshops and readings led by established poets.
Linda Wallin © 2017
SAVE THE DATE:
Sat., Mar. 19 @ 1 pm Open Mic
Sat., April 30 Haibun Workshop
Details below
February Workshop
Poem Submission Deadline:
Received by February 14, 2022
Poem Submission Fee:
$5 for members, $10 for non-members
Pay securely online (below) or mail your check to our treasurer.
Creating Effective Haiku
Saturday, February 26, 2022, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Led by Michael Dylan Welch
This is the first workshop we have sponsored about the Japanese artform, and will be led by Michael Dylan Welch, a noted haiku poet and translator from Washington.
If you wish to participate, send your haiku or senryu to our workshop chair, Wilda Morris,
with P & P in the subject line. The cost is $10 for non-members, $5 for members. This price includes a critique of your poem(s) by Welch. You can pay below or send a check to our treasurer, Mike Freveletti.
If you wish to attend but not submit a poem, you may do so for free. The deadline to submit your poem(s) is Feb. 14.
If you are not a member of P&P, now is the time to join! Our membership runs from Jan. 1 – Dec. 31. The cost for an annual membership is $20 and has many benefits. You can join or renew by visiting www.poetsandpatrons/membership-join.net.
Poem Submission Fee Payment
If you submit a poem for critique, there
is a fee of $10 for non-members, $5 for members.
If you submit a poem, you must pay the fee even if you do not attend the meeting because poems are critiqued in advance (leader feedback will be emailed to you if you are unable to attend the Zoom meeting).
Click on the member or non-member button to proceed to pay poem submission fee:
Open Mic for
Members
Poetry Open Mic Celebrating Women’s History March 19, via Zoom
Saturday, March 19, 1 pm
Help us celebrate Women’s History Month. The theme of this zoom open mic is Women’s History, in celebration of the 101st anniversary of women’s right to vote. Hosted by P&P vice president Charles Kouri, poets are encouraged to read poems inspired by this theme, but, as always, you may read any poem that moves you.
If you would like to read, please RSVP by e-mail to poetsandpatrons@gmail.com.
Past Events
August 28, 2021
The Villanelle: a Poetry Zoom Workshop
The villanelle is a poetic form both famous and unknown. Many poets know the villanelle as a workshop exercise and have followed its intricate moves, sometimes ending with a thud and occasionally unleashing the form’s magic. Led by Debra Bruce we did a close reading of some villanelles to better understand what makes this happen.
August 7, 2021
Poetry Open Mic
Poets & Patrons hosted an open mic via Zoom for its members. The event was moderated by
P & P board member, Curt Vevang. Singer / Songwriter Bill Johnson was featured during the intermission.
April 24, 2021
Creating Cento Poems Zoom Workshop
Led by Patrice Boyer Claeys A cento is a poem constructed from lines written by other poets. In this workshop, in addition to critiquing poems that were submitted, Patrice shared her passion for centos and helped us learn how to successfully create cento poems of our own.
April 11, 2021
Open Mic for National Poetry Month
Hosted by Curt Vevang, current members read their poems at the event.
February 27, 2021
Creating Memoir from Linked Poems
Led by Arlyn Miller
August 29, 2020
Variations on a Theme
Led by Mardelle Fortier
February 22, 2020
Travelogue, a workshop on Travel Poetry
Led by Jennifer Dotson and Maureen Tolman Flannery
August 24, 2019
Chaos In Fourteen Lines:
Writing Sonnets In Your Own Words
In Our Own Times
Led by Debra Bruce
June 22, 2019
A Moment in Time
Led by Donna Pucciani and Pamela Miller
April 27, 2019
The Name Game
Led by Gail Goepfert and Patrice Boyer Claeys
February 23, 2019
Noir, Now
Led by Jenene Ravesloot and John O’Connor
August 25, 2018
Time for a Turn
Led by Sandra Marchetti and Krystal Languell Saturday,
June 23, 2018
A Poem in Dialogue with Another Poem
Led by Jan Bottiglieri and Tony Trigilio
April 28, 2018
Verbalize It: How the Best Action Word Can Enliven Your Poem
Led by Poets & Patrons workshop chair Wilda Morris, author of Szechwan Shrimp and Fortune Cookies: Poems from a Chinese Restaurant.
February 24, 2018
Weaving Magic into Poetry
Led by Rockford poet Christine Swanberg, author of The Red Lacquer Room, Who Walks Among the Trees with Charity, The Alleluia Tree, and most recently Wild Fruition: Sonnets, Spells, and Other Incantations.
October 14, 2017
Golden Shovel Workshop
Led by Linda Wallin, president of Poets & Patrons and retired Special Education teacher.
August 26, 2017
Sonnets Are Fun!
Led by Mary Hanford, retired English professor and author of Holding to the Light (poetry), Dr. Sally’s Voodoo Man (novel), and Swimming at Villa Hugel (memoir).
June 18, 2017
Let Art Inspire Your Poetry: How to Be Ekphrastic
Led by Beth McDermott, Assistant Professor of English, St. Francis University, Joliet, and Associate Editor of RHINO
April 29, 2017
Speculative Poetry
Led by Caroline Johnson, Vice President and former President, Poets & Patrons of Chicago, and author of two chapbooks
February 25, 2017
What the Heck is a Prose Poem?
Led by Kathleen Rooney, Co-founder of Rose Metal Press and Senior Professional Lecturer, DePaul University
October 29, 2016
Music as Muse
Led by Wilda Morris, Former President, Illinois State Poetry Society, and Workshop Chair, Poets & Patrons of Chicago
August 27, 2016
Using Fairy Tale, Myth and Legend in Your Poetry
Led by Jennifer Dotson, Program Coordinator, Highland Park Poetry, and winner of Journal of Modern Poetry
Book Award
June 25, 2016
The Shape a Poem Makes
Led by Christine Swanberg, author of three books of poetry, workshop leader at The Clearing, Door County, WI
April 23, 2016
What We Can Learn About Writing Poetry from Shakespeare
Led by William Yarrow, Professor of English,
Joliet Junior College
February 27, 2016
In Praise of Praise Poems
Led by Tom Roby IV, President, Poets Club of Chicago
and creator of The Poetry Wheel, and Jenene Ravesloot, author of three books of poetry
October 17, 2015
Surrealist Game Poetry
Led by Pamela Larson, poet, artist and photographer
August 22, 2015
Musical Matters
Led by Debra Bruce, Professor Emeritus, Northeastern Illinois University, and Andrea Witzke Slot, prize-winning novelist, poet and essayist
June 27, 2015
Writing the Spiritual Poem
Led by Judith Valente, winner of the Aldrich Poetry Prize and a Catholic Book Award, and correspondent for PBS
April 25, 2015
Love Poetry with an Attitude
Led by Marilyn Taylor, former Poet Laureate of Wisconsin
February 28, 2015
Confessional Poetry
Led by Albert DeGenova, publisher and editor of
After Hours
October 25, 2014
The Fun Art of Haiku & Senryu
Led by Charlotte Digregorio, Midwest Coordinator,
Haiku Society of America and author of Haiku and
Senryu: a Simple Guide for All
August 23, 2014
Ekphrastic Poetry: Writing Poetry about Other Forms of Art
Led by Donna Vorreyer, author of 5 chapbooks and two full-length manuscripts, and Cynthia Gallaher, designated by Chicago Public Library as among its “Ten Top Requested Chicago Poets”
June 28, 2014
The Short Poem
Led by William Marr, author of more than 20 books of poetry and former President, Illinois State Poetry Society, and Patrick Dunn, Associate Professor of English,
Aurora University
April 26, 2017
Writing Chicago
Led by Caroline Johnson, author of two chapbooks, and Wilda Morris, author of Szechwan Shrimp and Fortune Cookies: Poems from a Chinese Restaurant
February 22, 2014
Persona Poems
Led by Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody, Distinguished Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence at Kennedy-King College, and Donna Pucciani, widely published, award-winning poet