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In this workshop we’ll write about defining moments, charged bits of experience. These often intersect with other experiences—political or social—from the stories that others may tell us, to the news that we read. Drawing upon the structure of the modern poetic sequence and the experimental practices of hybrid forms, we’ll explore those defining moments in poems, extended lyrical passages, or meditations upon them. We’ll also draw upon the concept of the haibun, a Japanese form, which, employing both prose and poetry, combines the narrative of a journey that is both internal and external with a lyric response to a moment, embodied in nature and illuminated by insight. Generating new material or incorporating previous drafts, you’ll explore your interior journey charting a path through the world.