Poetry Workshop with Poet Geoff Anderson - In-Person Option

This is a hybrid event. In-person and virtual registrations are separate. This is the registration for in-person attendance. If you wish to attend virtually (via Zoom), please go to this link:

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About the Workshop “How to Write Better Using Lessons from Haiku”

In this workshop, we'll take lessons from haiku that we can apply to our poetry. To immerse a reader means giving them enough tools to create their own world. Learn how to dictate the emotions and experiences your reader will encounter through the use of compelling imagery, deliberate word choices, tonal language, and precise structure. We will use haiku and examples from Issa and Basho as a guide for evocative writing in short sequences; the lessons we'll learn translate well to poetry as well as to fiction, nonfiction, and memoir.

About the Poet

Geoff Anderson created diVERSES to help poets achieve creative and financial independence. He runs Columbus's only space dedicated entirely to poetry, The Stanza. His poems can be found in journals like Cimarron, Tar River, Ninth Letter, Indiana Review, and Hobart. He's a Callaloo fellow, Cave Canem fellow, poetry retreat organizer, event curator, and dad. Learn more about diVERSES at diversespoetry.com.

Workshop location details

We are excited to partner with the Royal Oak Initiative to hold this quarterly workshop at the Cooperative Chess Cultural Arts Center (80 Parsons Avenue) in the Olde Town East neighborhood near downtown Columbus.

In-person attendance is limited to 40. This event is open to the public.

Registration closes on Friday, October 10, 2025, at 5 p.m. EDT.

Donations to OPA are welcome and support OPA's mission of promoting and supporting Ohio poets and poetry.

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