Wallace Stevens wrote the “poetry is the search for the inexplicable.” Participants will discuss the last poems, trying to attend to their great mystery and great beauty.

Participants will examine classic and contemporary poems in which the poet has dealt with important scientific and philosophical/social ideas of the time.

Participants will examine classic and contemporary poems in which the poet has dealt with important scientific and philosophical/social ideas of the time.

Landscapes, cityscapes, and mindscapes of American Poetry since the 1950’s will be seen in relation to the Black Mountain poets, the Beats, San Francisco poets, New York School, and Ethnopoetics, a

Landscapes, cityscapes, and mindscapes of American Poetry since the 1950’s will be seen in relation to the Black Mountain poets, the Beats, San Francisco poets, New York School, and Ethnopoetics, a

Escort students to feast at the buffet of sounds, images, and feelings and they will be encouraged to come back for seconds.

Programs of 1950’s as well as contemporary collaborations will be heard and discussed, including the work of Langston Hughes with Charlie Parker, and Amiri Baraka and Jayne Cortez with their bands.

A seminar-workshop surveying the history of poems connected with art and including a discussion of participants’ own work on the subject (gallery trip will be suggested).