Imagery & Metaphor for Poets

INSTRUCTOR: Melissa Huckabay

TIME: Saturday, April 5, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. CST

PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Sunday, March 30. After Sunday, March 30: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here.

LOCATION: Writespace, 1907 Sabine Street, #125, Houston, TX 77007 (map)

LEVEL: All levels

CAP: 15

Relaying the world to the reader is a must for poets, and there's nothing like being stuck searching for a word to frustrate a budding poet. Fear not! We have the tools and tips to push through and come out the other side with ideas overlowing out of our mouthes. Join Melissa Huckabay on a wide-ranging journey through poetic history and all the way to the tip of your pen.

Melissa McEver Huckabay is a graduate of the MFA Creative Writing Program at Texas State University, an adjunct college instructor, and an experienced writer in a wide range of fields.. She also has taught English Language Arts and creative writing at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

Melissa’s creative work has appeared in SWWIM, Thimble, Poetry South, Sweet: A Literary Confection, and elsewhere, and her short fiction has won the Spider’s Web Flash Fiction Prize from Spider Road Press. She was a 2023 Contributor to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Photo by Anthony Tran on Unsplash

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

1907 Sabine St, 1907 Sabine Street, Houston, United States