The North Shore Poets’ Forum met on Saturday, April 20, and enjoyed a very interesting workshop by Sandy Hokanson entitled, “Turning abstract terms into concrete images.”

Her inspiration was a book she read years ago entitled “Writing Poetry: Creative and Critical Approaches.” Written by Chad Davidson and Greg Fraser, she credited It with changing her approach to writing.

She had a worksheet with 50 or more abstract terms such as: courage, happiness, kindness, anger, beauty, etc. Members then thought up and shared descriptive words or phrases to convey those terms.

We then shared our own poems for gentle critique.

Our next meeting is May 18 in the Sohier Room of the Beverly Public Library, 10:30 a.m.. to 12:30 p.m. I will do my best to present a program, to be announced.

Cheers!