I didn't sign up for an online course in the end. I've decided to do some old-fashioned book-learning instead, since I can do it in my own time and I've got quite enough going on already.
Book-wise it's either going to be Alison Chisholm's Crafting Poetry, or The Art and Craft of Poetry by Michael Bugeja, since I have both of those already. My Amazon wishlist is full of others, but I've already spent my Christmas money. Both have exercises in each chapter which will give me plenty of prompts to work with.
I received an email the other day saying my copy of Stories of Music Volume 2 is on its way, so I'm really looking forward to seeing that and checking out the other work. Some of it was sent along in the proofs, since contributors got to look at the whole section their work is in, but I didn't look at the other works or bibliographies because I wanted to wait until I could see the book as a whole.
Part of my first of January ritual is to clear out my old diary. This time I found the first draft of a poem I'd forgotten about, which was a good way to start the year. I've puttered with it since, and have had some ideas on how to develop it further, including a new title. Hopefully it will be ready to submit next time I have a submission day.
