I want to start a poetry club....?

Susan Rambo: My school has a semester course titled Creative Writing, which focuses on using the imagination to create both short stories and poems alike, in the fall, and in the spring the course is replaced with a production class for a school print called the Jabberwocky, named after Carrol's creature, that is a once-yearly collection of poetry and stories from the school body entire.However, a quarterly magazine would be very different, and would most likely lack the resources necessary unless you devoted holidays and summer to adding to it.Now, as to what is done in a poetry club, definitely start by introducing a set style of poetry that is simple and easy to use, like Haiku or Limericks, and after a few meetings (encourage work outside of the club as well) have a presentation of some works members are particularly proud of. After this introduce a new style, and repeat the cycle until all the members feel comfortable with presenting their material to each other, and! then introduce the idea for a magazine.Keep it to a once or twice yearly deal, though, because trust me: putting out a poetry magazine is a lot harder than it sounds....Show more