ASYNCHRONOUS with LIVE elements

The poems and poets we love most are often unfettered, unique, and unabashedly themselves. But writing such poems takes courage—to mine your life’s true language and imagery, to delve into your individual psyche and experience, and to trust the structure of your mind to guide the structure of your poems. In this generative workshop, you’ll work with prompts designed to foster courage and elicit your unique gifts as a poet. Looking at work by poets such as Diane Seuss, Rita Dove, Yehuda Amichai, Alejandra Pizarnik, and Lucille Clifton, we’ll explore what makes specific poems feel so alive and vibrant, and we’ll work to identify the most alive and vibrant aspects of each other’s writing.

As far as possible ahead of when the workshop begins, please send me: 2-4 poems you would like to revise, 2-4 poems you feel are closest to being done, and 2-4 poems by others that you wish you’d written.

Optional LIVE elements: the class will include one optional 20-30 minute one-on-one consultation.