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SUMMARY:Quite contrary - Contradictions in Poems
DESCRIPTION:How can you inject more ‘oomph’ into your poems\, deepening them with pleasing  contradictions? Poems often thrive on internal tensions that pull the sounds\, images\, and themes  in the poem taut. In this fun\, interactive workshop\, we’ll look at some poems containing  opposing effects or contents\, then create new work that dances on both sides of the fence at once.  \nSaturday\, September 19\, 2026\, 10 – 11:30 a.m. (EST) \nRegister HERE. \nHeidi Williamson is a Writing for Life Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund\, running reading and  writing groups in community and care settings. She teaches for the Poetry School\, Poetry  Society\, National Centre for Writing and The Writing Coach. Her poetry is published by Bloodaxe: Electric Shadow (2011)\, The Print Museum (2016)\, and Return by Minor Road  (2020). Her short fiction has been selected for the Bath Flash Fiction Awards\, Edinburgh True  Flash Awards\, and Fish International Short Story Prize.   \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/quite-contrary-contradictions-in-poems
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