About us
About Poesy
Poesy is a community of poets across regions. We host international poetry workshops, a Substack journal and literary events that help you build a body of work, a poetry habit and foster an engaged fellowship.
This group is excellent for both new and experienced poets who are open to diverse approaches and thoughts about poetry and love to dig deep into one.
All poets get an opportunity to read their work to an audience and to give and receive feedback on workshop poems.
Warning: This group requires more active participation than many Meetup groups. Most new members are not prepared for this. We collaborate both through our Discord server and during Zoom workshops. The Discord space is used to communicate updates and reminders about workshop activity. It is essential that you be comfortable using this platform to participate in our workshops.
We also use Discord to share ideas, events and ongoing discussions around poetry. It's designed this way to foster an engaged group of poets who are interested in being part of an amazing community of poets.
What to Expect
- Workshops are 2.25 hours long
- Hosted online via Zoom
- Workshop communications conducted on Discord
- No more than 8 poets per session
- Each participant has 15 minutes to read their poem aloud and receive feedback from the group. Longer poems may need to be excerpted or broken into parts.
- When RSVPing, you'll be asked to send your poem to the organizer in advance via Meetup direct message.
Participation & Commitment
RSVP will be considered a commitment to attend. If you’re no longer able to make it, please let me know at least a week in advance so the spot can be offered to another poet. Participation also includes bringing a poem and offering written feedback on others’ work.
Participation is key. Members who are inactive or don’t meet the workshop expectations may be removed. That said, there’s no pressure to stay long-term, drop in as long as it supports your writing journey and if you leave, you can rejoin at a later time when you can be an active and contributing member.
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Community Code of Conduct Disclaimer:
Welcome! Our space is meant to be welcoming, supportive, and safe for everyone. We celebrate curiosity, creativity and respectful debate and we encourage generosity of spirit in sharing your work and ideas.
At the same time, we do not tolerate hate speech, harassment, or discrimination toward anyone based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political beliefs or other identities.
We also ask that when engaging members to please be thoughtful and considerate in how you express your opinions - just as you would in a room full of strangers, bring that same care to our digital space.
Thank you for helping maintain a community where everyone feels comfortable and safe sharing and growing as creators.
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