Description: Come Make us laugh with any comedy poem
Judge(s): Anonymous
Objectives: Poems that range from 12 to 32 lines. Written in any style
Subject matter: Comedy

Description:We will be exploring the power of titles in getting a poem read as well as their use in making a poem understood. This will be accomplished by continuous discussions as well as exercises

Leader: scribbler (Stan)
Moderator(s): undetermined

Objectives:Titles are often an afterthought. This shop will hopefully lead folks to giving titles more thought

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter:Titles, their effects and uses

Description:
Earth Day is an important part of the year. Write a poem that relates to the earth or the climate

Judge(s):anonymous

Objectives: Between 25-30 lines, anything over 32 will be eliminated.

Subject matter: Earth, Climate or any subject related to environment

Description: This contest is for poems already written

Sponsor(s):scribbler and geezer
Judge(s):anonymous

Objectives: Showcase what you think your best poem is

Subject matter: Any subject but please limit the length to about 24 lines

How Judged:

Description:
This course is about the way in which poets can approach an existing piece of visual art and through poetry bring something new to it that adds value to the readers experience of both the artwork and the poem.   This process is today called ekphrastic writing, although the original meaning refers to a detailed description in literature of a work of visual art.

Description:The contest this month offers you the golden opportunity to showcase a wonderful thing- your favorite book

Sponsor(s):scribbler and geezer
Judge(s):anonymous

Objectives:To drool over your favorite book. Work should be up to (or not much over) 36 lines. Any form

Subject matter:Your favorite book to date, any kind of book.Please post book title at the end of poem

How Judged:

Description:This month's contest will be about an EARLY Spring, not just Spring, but an early Spring. It should be thirty lines or less, (one or two more will be allowed). Any form, it must be about anticipated, wished for or actual. From any viewpoint; yours, children, animals, ect. Prewritten poems are allowed but must conform too parameters.

Sponsor(s):scribbler, Geezer
Judge(s):anonymous

Objectives: To have some fun writing about longing for Spring

Subject matter:

How Judged:

Description: To explore rhythm and meter in Free Verse and Classical Forms and to explore and write poetry that fulfils the criteria of the discussion topics.
Leader: samary
Moderator: weirdelf

Objectives:To explore Rhythm and Metre in Poetry
Consider syllables language and word stress
To revisit the theory around word stress
Briefly consider Meter types
To explore Syllabic Meter and look at poems in syllabic meter..
To  write a poem in syllabic meter

Description: An introduction to critique for new members and a reminder to long time members that critique is what Neopoet is all about, join in!

Leader: weirdelf
Moderator: c lynn brooks

Objectives: To help poets help each other through constructive feedback. To help redefine the meaning of 'critique' if it has negative connotations for you.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Description:Since it is a new year let's write about either the beginning of the new year or the end of the old. Must be in quatrains but doesn't have any other restriction other than length. Please keep poem under 9 quatrains

Sponsor(s):scribbler and Geezer
Judge(s):anonymous

Objectives:Welcoming in the new year or ushering out the old

Subject matter:New year or year just passed

How Judged:By volunteer anonymous judge