Understanding Poetry: Finding Your Poetic Voice | Instructor ~ Nicole Bowen

9/18/2025 - Session 1 of 3

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Understanding Poetry: Finding Your Poetic Voice
Location: Auburn Performing Arts Center

This is a 3-session certificate course that will cover the understanding of Poetry. (In order to receive the certificate, you must complete all 3 sessions and attend the full session.)
Certificate
đź“– Mastery of poetry fundamentals, structure, and expression
🖋️ Manuscript development and professional writing techniques
📣 Advocacy for creative writing as a tool for transformation
This certificate acknowledges the recipient’s dedication to poetry education, advocacy, and creating and outsourcing poetry as identified with professional goals.
In this 1st session - we will be exploring:
✔Our personal definition of poetry
✔The denotation of poetry
✔Preparing our elevator pitch
✔Discussing the 4 levels of poetry
✔Discussing the 5 senses in poetry
✔Writing our 1st draft poem

9/25/2025 - Session 2 of 3

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Overview Of The Main Topics
Location: Auburn Performing Arts Center

In our 2nd session, the In's and Out's of Poetry, we will be discussing:
✔Types of Poems
✔Grammar & Punctuation
✔Diction/Wording/Repetition & Contrast
✔Draft 2nd Poem

10/2/2025 - Session 3 of 3 Completion Certificate

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Crafting My Story
Location: Auburn Performing Arts Center

This is the last class of the series. We will be covering:
✔Styles of Speech
✔Dedicating the remaining time to getting personal & comfortable with your writing preference/style.
✔Writer's block, inspiration (muse), themes, analysis breakdown, literary evaluation & insight, getting ready to get it out there
✔Receiving your certificate!