COMING OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, 2026

RESERVATIONS OPEN JULY 2026

LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2

YOUR RIVER IS WAITING

A 4-Week Zoom Poetry Workshop with Derrick C. Brown

Write braver poems.
Learn how to turn memory into unforgettable work.
Build poems that live on the page and in the body and get ready to be published.

Winter Sessions • Live on Zoom

$199 Early Bird • $275 Regular

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FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING

This workshop is for:

  • poets who feel stuck

  • people returning to writing after years away

  • performers wanting stronger poems

  • beginners terrified to share

  • journalers trying to become artists

  • humans trying to say the true thing

You do not need publishing credits.
You do not need an MFA.
You just need honesty and a willingness to risk something.

WHAT WE’LL DO TOGETHER

Each week includes:

  • live writing prompts

  • poem feedback

  • performance coaching

  • editing exercises

  • lessons on imagery, endings, line breaks, and emotional precision

  • real-time revision sessions

  • ways to move from journal-entry to actual poem

This is not a stiff academic workshop.
It is rigorous, generous, funny, alive, and deeply human.

“Prose is a shotgun. Poetry is a sniper rifle.”

“Feelings are the exhaust. Specific details are the engine.”

“The poem knows what it wants to be. Your job is to listen.”

WHAT YOU’LL LEAVE WITH

  • 4–8 new poems

  • stronger revision instincts

  • confidence sharing work

  • a clearer artistic voice

  • creative momentum

  • less fear

  • a deeper relationship with memory

THE DETAILS

Duration

4 Weeks, Level 1 and level 2

Location

Live on Zoom

Cost

$199 Early Bird
$275 Regular

Includes

  • Weekly live workshop

  • Writing prompts

  • Q&A

  • Community

  • Optional sharing and performance opportunities

Size

Limited spots available for intimacy and feedback.

ABOUT Derrick Brown

Derrick Brown is a poet laureate, touring performer, former bookstore owner, and founder of Write Bloody Publishing, an award-winning independent poetry press that has spent over two decades helping new voices find their audience. His workshops are known for combining emotional honesty, practical craft, deep encouragement, and actual transformation.

THIS IS YOUR INVITATION

Bravery gets you to the page.
Craft gets you to the poem.

You are not too late.
Your voice matters.
Your river has been waiting your whole life.

Come write with us.

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