A Christmas or Valentine’s gift for yourself or a loved one?
Come join me for this class over Valentine’s weekend, 2026. We will have fun (and maybe some digging deep into feelings you’ve wanted to express) in this supportive, non-competitive, and pretty special environment.
Expressing love can be a joyful experience for the writer…and also a challenge. Come discover your voice: Humorous, romantic, matter-of-fact, or all three? Your instructor will provide her favorite poetry and prose samples, writing tips, prompts, inspiration, and time to write about your spouse, partner, grandchildren, other family members, pets, or fictional characters. Find encouragement, laughter, and a little magic–whether you’re already writing or itching to begin. All levels, all genres welcome.
Here’s the link to the Folk School for more info and to register.
Instructor, Karen Paul Holmes, is a freelance writer and poet with two published poetry books, No Such Thing as Distance (Terrapin Books) and Untying the Knot (Aldrich Press). Her poems have been featured on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer's Almanac and several podcasts, as well as in magazines, anthologies, and literary journals such as The Southern Poetry Anthology, Vol 5: Georgia, Poet Lore, Plume, Tar River Poetry, and Prairie Schooner. She had a long career in corporate America, including her last position as an award-winning marketing communications executive at a global financial services company. She has an MA from the University of Michigan, has lived in the south for many years, and has been an active volunteer for the North Carolina Writers’ Network. karenpaulholmes.com
