Poet, Playwright, Workshop Facilitator
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Upcoming Events


Bowl as Container for Poem: A Writing Webinar Jan. 21, 2021 7-8:30 p.m. NEPC
Jan
21
7:00 PM19:00

Bowl as Container for Poem: A Writing Webinar Jan. 21, 2021 7-8:30 p.m. NEPC

Green Bowl, Georgia O’Keeffe Home, Abiquiu, NM ©KellyDuMar

Green Bowl, Georgia O’Keeffe Home, Abiquiu, NM ©KellyDuMar

https://nepoetryclub.org/

https://nepoetryclub.org/

Bowl as Container for Poem

A 90-Minute “Poet in the House” Writing Webinar with Kelly DuMar

Thursday, January 21, 2021, 7-8:30 p.m. (OR January 28)

 For New England Poetry Club Members (join here)

Sarah Ruhl, in her poem, I Intend to Give You Many Bowls, inspires us to consider containers, what we hold, how we are held, what we hold onto. A photo is a container, and so is a poem. In this webinar, we will write poems from favorite bowls to see what they hold and how they hold us, nourish, and furnish us. For this 90-minute webinar, bring a photo of a favorite bowl or the bowl itself. We will share our bowls, and the poetic insights and surprises they inspire.

 

Kelly DuMar is a poet, playwright, and writing workshop leader from the Boston area. Author of three poetry chapbooks, “girl in tree bark,” “Tree of the Apple” and “All These Cures,” her poems are published in many literary journals. Her plays have been produced around the US and are published by dramatic publishers. She produces the annual IWWG Boston Writing Retreat, now in its sixth year, and the weeklong summer Play Lab for the International Women’s Writing Guild, where she serves on the Board. Her photo-inspired writing workshops have been presented at many conferences and literary sessions around the U.S. Her website is kellydumar.com

 


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Jan
7
7:00 PM19:00

My Free Photo-Inspired Writing Webinar: Join me LIVE ON ZOOM, Wed. Nov 18, 7:00-8:00 p.m. ET

REGISTER HERE FOR THE ZOOM LINK:

REGISTER HERE FOR THE ZOOM LINK:

Deep thanks, Kelly , for an outstanding workshop! I appreciated your enthusiasm, nurturance, creative flare, clear direction, and attentive listening. You gave me delightful new tools for writing!
— Tasha Paley, September 2020

REGISTER HERE TO RECEIVE YOUR ZOOM LINK

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Want to learn more? Watch this short video of me talking to Nancy Burger about how writing from your personal photos helps all writers overcome fear of the blank page, and opens a door to a three-dimensional world of your photo. Your personal photos are a rich source of creative inspiration. They hold the stories only you can write.

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Write From Your Photos with me LIVE ONLINE, MONTHLY WORKSHOP starts Dec. 16, 2020
Dec
16
to May 19

Write From Your Photos with me LIVE ONLINE, MONTHLY WORKSHOP starts Dec. 16, 2020

Here’s why you need this workshop:

Your personal photos are whispering to you–they have deeper stories to tell. Your photos hold the stories only you can write. In this writing workshop, you’ll write from personal photos that arrest your attention and unpack why they do. I encourage writers of all levels and backgrounds to open boxes of old photos from the attic or your photo stream, to select arresting personal photos and discover, through creative writing, how to mine the deeper meaning of your image and put it into words. I believe the photos we save and the photos we take show what we care about and hope to preserve, what moves and mystifies us, the people, places, stories and experiences that bring meaning into our lives. Writing stories from your photos allows you to approach your pictures as works of art – no matter the quality of the photo, you can approach the image with an artist’s perception and awareness of powerful hidden meanings and revelations worthy of development into journal entries, letters to a loved one, as well as many kinds of creative prose and poetry. Writing from your photos allows you to express the truth of what you feel - and know - and haven’t said, as you capture the beauty and deeper meaning of an image. Being in a workshop with other writers initiates fun, interesting, creative and powerful conversations that connect you to your spirit and nurtures friendships and camaraderie with others. Writing in a workshop deepens your creative writing practice and brings a lively sense of anticipation and self-expression into your days.

REGISTER NOW FOR YOUR EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT-THROUGH Dec. 6, 2020 REGISTRATION

My next LIVE monthly writing webinar/workshop will meet one Wednesday per month via ZOOM starting Dec. 16, 2020. You’ll write from your personal photos in whatever genre you choose under my expert guidance. Cost is $295 for the 6-month series: 7:00-9:00 p.m. DATES: December 16, 2020, January 13, 2021, February 10, 2020, March 17, 2021, April 14, 2021, May 19, 2021. Receive your EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT by registering here before December 6, 2020 and pay $250 instead of $295, a $45 savings! Space is limited to 10. Please feel free to e-mail me today to ask any questions! kellydumar@kellydumar.com

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Write From Your Photos with me LIVE ONLINE, MONTHLY WORKSHOP starts October 6
Oct
6
to Mar 2

Write From Your Photos with me LIVE ONLINE, MONTHLY WORKSHOP starts October 6

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Want to know if this webinar/workshop is right for you? For more information about registering for the monthly workshop that starts Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 7:30 p.m., LIVE via video, you can contact me here:

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