These online workshops are conducted live, over Zoom. I am also available for in-person workshops in classrooms or other sites. TO REGISTER, PLEASE EMAIL: montereybound AT gmail DOT com.
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8-WEEK SERIES Thursdays,
beginning January 22nd, 2026.
Theme: AUBADES & NOCTURNES
“Evening light steals in amongst the tulips/
like a pickpocket’s hunger.”
– Mark Wagenaar
We’ll look at poems that call themselves morning songs and evening songs, and we’ll look at poems as morning songs and evening songs and see what they can teach us in their brush up against nature, elegy, and other elements that speak through the day’s start and end. And we’ll write. This series includes an optional group critique of one poem in the bonus ninth week.
These workshops are Pay-What-You-Can.
Thursdays: 9-11am Pacific / 12-2pm East Coast / 5-7pm Ireland & UK
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4-WEEK SERIES Sundays,
beginning January 25nd, 2026.
Theme: Transcendent Biology: How and Why to Use Sound Play in Poetry
We will work together in this craft-intensive workshop to look at ideas such as rhyme, language domains, word roots, using sound to create tone, breaking lines to highlight sound, homage & imitation, onomatopoeia, associative vocabulary, invention. And we’ll write, revising toward sound along the way with a more focused revision of one piece as part of the final meeting.
Paid Subscribers at Ask the Poet may take two of these sessions free of charge. Others & other sessions-$25/each or all 4 for $85.
Sundays: 11-1pm Pacific / 2-4pm East Coast / 7-9pm Ireland & UK
TO REGISTER or for MORE INFO, PLEASE EMAIL ME: montereybound AT gmail DOT com.
*Other times available by popular demand. See below for suggested fees.
Intimate groups: No more than eight participants.
Personalized follow-up material: Based on what comes out of each session.
Contemporary voices: With a focus on marginalized voices & a live guest poet hour.
Live writing time: Not just quick-writes, also longer explorations (30-45 min).
Affordability: Pay-what-you-can
Workshops can be tailored to the needs of the participants.
That being said, the general format I follow begins with a short warm-up exercise to play with language and get our minds on topic. After the warm-up, we read 1-2 poems/poets, exploring them for craft as well as our own emotional responses. We move from the poems into writing prompts and writing time. Then, the group re-convenes to share writing or process as each individual wishes; there is no obligation to do so. Unless the writer is interested in particular feedback or requests no feedback, those with something to offer about what was shared speak briefly on something they appreciated about what they heard. As we all understand the writing is fresh and unfinished, the focus is not on critique but rather on craft and techniques of using the writing of others toward generating our own. Normally, the sessions also include a guest poet hour where I engage a published poet in conversation. Past guests: Michael Kleber-Diggs, Nancy Miller Gomez, January Gill O’Neil, Francesca Bell, Claire Wahmanholm, and Nuala O’Connor. See Workshop Guest Poets.
The core SOBI (Small Observances, Big Ideas) workshops are ongoing and run in 8-week blocks that take place weekly in two-hour sessions. Groups range from 4-8 people. As of January 2025, these workshops are pay-what-you-can. If you have the means, here are suggested fees: Sliding scale $225-290. Payable via Venmo (@kathrynpetruccelli) or Paypal (montereyboundATgmailDOTcom). If your budget won’t support those costs, pay whatever you can. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Write me at montereybound AT gmail DOT com to reserve your spot. If you are interested in alternative meeting times, please contact me–with four people interested we can make it happen. I’m also available for private sessions.
Online Writing Workshops (my teaching approach).
Poetry is Not a Luxury Series for Women.
Dovetail Storytelling Workshop.