Pleasanton Poet Laureate Cynthia Bryant hosts a free poetry workshop entitled 'Release Your Fear of Grammar' at the Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue in downtown Pleasanton. Using noun appositives, verbal phrases and adjective clauses to embed and build ideas, add image detail and enhance syntactic variety in your poetry" by Peggy Messerschmidt (suggested reading: "A Grammatical Excursion “ in The Poet's Companion by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux)
