Classes

Writing and Excavating the Poetry of Fatherhood

Join this on-line poetry class (April 30-May 25 2012) for a chance to mine poetry of the past as well as contemporary poems (including those we’ve published at The Fertile Source) for structural and thematic inspiration towards the writing of a new crop of poems reflecting the continuum of experiences that comprise fatherhood (wether from the sidelines watching the wife/partner’s body transform, actively seeking adoption with a partner, to working through the layers of one’s relationship with one’s father). Sign up here.

Beginning Transformative Blogging

If you have been curious about blogging and have the urge to join the blogosphere but would like a little more grounding before you begin, join us to explore the ins and outs of blogging (currently closed and in session). Coursework will include the keeping of a weekly journal around blog related inquiries and the completion of a number of inventories and free-writing exercises designed to help you further explore the concept of blogging without the pressure of posting on-line yet. In addition, some of our time will be spent scoping out other blogs to get a feel for the pulse of the blogosphere. Provided through Story Circle Network.

Transformative Blogging

This course (forthcoming again in May 2012) offers beginning bloggers the chance to launch a blog and get feedback, and for more experienced bloggers, this course offers the chance to take stock of one’s blogging mask, reach, and other goals and provides a path to recalibration; provided through Story Circle Network.

To The Cradle and Beyond: Excavating and Writing the Poetry of Motherhood

This course (forthcoming again later in 2012) draws on the poetry of the past as well as contemporary poetry (including poems published on The Fertile Source) as sources of inspiration for drafting our own poems; offered through Mother, Writer, Mentor: Practical help for writing moms (a new sister site to The Fertile Source literary e-zine). Read a full course description for the online poetry circle To the Cradle and Beyond.