Comic Sequential Art & Poetry ONLINE Course - HAPPENING NOW!

This course is running at the prices below from right now until 31st May 2025, so enrol and Start Today!

Poetry ART Story is a visual art, narrative and poetry workshop series created to take you on a journey where words and images come to life in new and exciting ways.
Comic Sequential Art and Poetry is for you, if you are a budding poet, an aspiring comic artist, or simply someone looking to explore the vibrant world of storytelling.

This series offers a unique space to blend the literary with the visual.

• If you have ever wanted to look into how graphic novels have such storytelling potency, join acclaimed poet, comic book and graphich novel enthusiast, Zena Edwards, on this recorded workshop program that will introduce you to freeze-framed moments in time and write strong & engaging poetry and graphic novel stories. .

WHAT TO EXPECT:
Explore the fundamentals of Visual Storytelling with a focus on crafting compelling stories

• This approach emphisizes your clear thinking as a writer, brevity in messaging, and emotional impact of your intention. Learn powerfully engaging storytelling via image and crucial the role in moving a reader visual and images juxtapose can take.

* This is a Spring' s Special Workshop Program Pricing

• Secure Your Full Price Spot - Spring Is Here! £33.22
  Enjoy the Fresh Start for 2025 and to encourage new ways of seeing for the New Year!
  
• Secure You Spot At A-Discount-Cos-Its-Spring! 💫 £22.22
  A gift with a unique POV for writing poetry and seeing visual art.
  
• Secure Yours And A Friends Spots For Spring! 💝 £32.32
  When you journey with someone else, its always fun. Compare your graphic novel and comic collection. Contact me, Zena and we can geek out over Poetry, ART and Story. Contact Me - www.zenaedwards.com/contact-me

• Secure Your Spot Pay-What-You-Can-Becos-Spring! 🎁 £12.34
  This last deal is really for those, who like me, are working as hard as possible to make ends meet, and cultivating their identity as blossoming artists. These spots sell out so contact me at www.zenaedwards.com/contact-me to discuss the circumstances you find yourself in so you can enjoy this course.

Explore different poetry forms from the masters of short form poetry and visual imagery.

• Ho Ché Anderson - Canadian graphic novelist and cartoonist best known for his biographical work King: A Comics Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., a powerful and ambitious portrayal of the civil rights leader’s life.
• Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) - renowned Japanese poet, master of the haiku form. His poetry often reflects deep observations of nature and human experiences.
• Marguerite Abouet - Writer and graphic novelist born Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and is acclaimed writer behind the Aya of Yop City series, which offers a vibrant and heartfelt portrait of life in 1970s Ivory Coast.
• Adrian Tomine is an American cartoonist and illustrator known for his detailed and insightful work. He has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1999.

Learn About Panel Narratives

• Create original panels and poetry for comic short stories and graphic novel narratives
• Create pieces using AI to guide the readers into story, emotional tone and engaging stories. Write in poetry to build atmosphere, intensify emotion and create action.

In a supportive environment you will be able evovle your writing, expanding your poetic field of vision and execises with focus your poetic lens.

The course will be hosted in the Poets Built It Online Community.
Poets Built It is a community of poets with aspirations to upgrade their poetry writing skills.

Find out more about this community here - www.poetbuitit.com

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You can join at any time, this is a course that has a sequence of lessons you would benefit following the course journey.

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Zena Edwards Biography

After graduating from Middlesex University and studying storytelling and performance at The London International School for Performing Arts, Zena has been a professional writer/performance poet, curator and creative project developer for over 30 years.

She is known as a renowned award winning UK based poet of Afri-Carib-British heritage, however, she is also a multidisciplinary artist, at home with collaborating with musicians, choreographers, environmental growers and visual artists.

The list of acclaimed artists she has worked with include Theaster Gates, Ackroyd and Harvey and Akram Khan.

​Zena was was shortlisted for the Forward Prizes for Best Single Poem Performed for 2023.

Visit her Instagram @Zena_E_Poetics​ page to see more of her passion for visual culture.

Facebook - www.facebook.com/zena.edwards.79
Instagram - www.instagram.com/zenaedwardspoet
Twitter / X - https://x.com/ZenaEdwards

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