Poetry is a medium in which form and meaning are in close encounter—so how do we write poems that make organic connections between structure and subject? Concoct homemade verse forms during a workshop that will stretch your poetic imagination and find new ways to bring your ideas to the page. 
Sadiqa de Meijer is a poet and essayist who serves as Kingston’s Poet Laureate. Her major works include Leaving Howe Island, alfabet/alphabet, and her most recent release, Qaf's People. She won the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction for alfabet/alphabet.

Poetry is a medium in which form and meaning are in close encounter—so how do we write poems that make organic connections between structure and subject? Concoct homemade verse forms during a workshop that will stretch your poetic imagination and find new ways to bring your ideas to the page. 
Sadiqa de Meijer is a poet and essayist who serves as Kingston’s Poet Laureate. Her major works include Leaving Howe Island, alfabet/alphabet, and her most recent release, Qaf's People. She won the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction for alfabet/alphabet.  


Kingston Marriott - Easton Room

Close Encounters with Poetry

WS Encounters with Poetry

Kingston WritersFest

Kingston WritersFest is a charitable, not-for-profit four-day readers' and writers' festival featuring more than 35 top Canadian authors in 30+ events and Writers Studio master classes.