As readers we sometimes assume the “I” in a poem is the same as the poet’s me. The lyric poet may promote this illusion of spontaneous utterance and unmediated feeling.
This class will take as given that listening is an inherent component of reading and writing poetry, that listening is a mode of performance (to read a poem to yourself is to perform that poem, how
This workshop will focus on revision and how we can continue to push the poem along the path we want to explore by investigating diction, structure and other craft elements, while driving poems int
Thomas Lux is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry, most recently Child Made of Sand, God Particles and The Cradle Place.
Thomas Lux is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry, most recently Child Made of Sand, God Particles and The Cradle Place.
In this workshop, we will experiment with the line break and how using it in new ways, or not at all, can lead to poems you would not have come to write otherwise.
In this workshop, we will experiment with the line break and how using it in new ways, or not at all, can lead to poems you would not have come to write otherwise.
Writers will participate in various writing exercises that will encourage them to pare down the excess often accumulated in early drafts.
This class will focus on reading and writing the chapbook-length long poem, and the unique challenge posed by structuring a longer poem will be a focal point throughout our close readings and works
Not a class in mechanics, but a solid review (and more) of what makes poetry tick—from the technique to the heartbeat.
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