Heather Grant – The Watching Eye

This course surpassed my expectations. Barbara always provides mentor texts for each week as well as resource references to help learn whatever genre she is teaching. I would recommend this class for all writers/poets.

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Peggy Capomaggi – The Healing Power of Poetry

Excellent. The course was a great experience. I found the content educational, the participants engaged, and the instructor, Joy Sawyer, extremely interesting and knowledgeable. I was very glad to have taken the course. I wish it had been longer in duration! 

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Michelle Bentcliff – The Healing Power of Poetry

This is a healing poetry class on so many levels. Joy is kind, enthusiastic, encouraging and an inspiring teacher who creates a safe space where people can share their innermost feelings. She provided personalized, in-depth and supporting feedback on each person’s poems. I highly recommend this class for anyone who wants to put their expressions in poems feeling healing in the process.

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Emily Barkin – Architecture of the Creative Heart

Outstanding teacher of all things poetry-related. David’s subject knowledge is extensive. It’s thrilling to come away with much more than a cursory understanding of various poetic forms and the confidence to use them in my own work. The lectures were intense and inspiring. I love what I learned and especially loved feeling like writer’s block was no longer a problem. 

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Mimi Zhou – Writing Spontaneously

Exactly what I was hoping for—targeted immersion into a specific writer’s tool backed by discussion and in-class exercises. Jesse picked a good slice of a broader topic to focus on for the one-day course and provided excellent exercises to bring her points home. She was friendly and supportive to everyone in the class. Great learning environment!

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