Poetic Canvas is where participants dive into contemporary poems, analyze poetic styles, and create their own inspired works. This hands-on course explores themes, techniques, and various literary devices to enhance your poetry writing skills. Join us to ignite your creativity and unleash the poet within. Improve your speaking, reading and writing skills while using creativity to paint the canvas of your soul.
Share your love for poetry on a global scale 🌎
 
🎨 Course Title: Poetic Canvas:
A 6-Week Journey into Poetry & Creative Expression
Course Length: 6 weeks
Session Duration: 90 minutes per session
Course Style: Workshop-based — Read, Reflect, Write, Share
Level: Intermediate to advanced learners or creative writers
Goal: To explore and create contemporary poetry through reading, analysis, experimentation, and personal expression.
 
✨ Weekly Breakdown with Titles & Learning Outcomes
 
🧠 Week 1: “What Makes a Poem?”
Focus: Introduction to contemporary poetry & poetic awareness
🔹 Read and discuss accessible modern poems (free verse, spoken word)
🔹 Learn poetic elements: line, stanza, tone, voice
 
🎧 Week 2: “Sound, Rhythm & Voice”
Focus: Spoken word, rhythm, repetition, and oral performance
🔹 Explore how sound influences emotion and flow
🔹 Analyze poems with repetition, rhyme, and sound devices
 
💬 Week 3: “Personal Truths: Writing from Emotion”
Focus: Vulnerability, metaphor, and emotional storytelling
🔹 Read poems focused on memory, identity, or belonging
🔹 Learn how to use figurative language (simile, metaphor, symbolism)
🔹 Workshop in pairs or small groups for supportive feedback
 
🌍 Week 4: “The World Around You”
Focus: Place, nature, society, and culture
🔹 Explore nature poems, political poems, or city-inspired verse
🔹 Learn techniques for imagery and sensory description
 
🎨 Week 5: “Form, Found & Visual Poetry”
Focus: Experimental writing, form constraints, and visual composition
🔹 Introduce form poems
🔹 Try blackout poetry, found poetry, or shape-based poems
 
🌟 Week 6: “Your Poetic Voice”
Focus: Reflection, revision, performance, and publishing
🔹 Share your final poem (or full piece) with the group
🔹 Receive final feedback
🔹 Celebration: “Open mic” and reflection circle