Join me online for a writing workshop focusing on close-reading poems of resilience in the face of darkness or uncertainty and writing our own. Hosted by Politics & Prose Bookstore.

Three Tuesdays: May 27, June 3 and 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET Online 

Class Description:

Lecture and Discussion with Writing Exercises. This online class will be streamed live and recorded for later viewing.

Often, we turn (or return) to poems because they mirror something about the nature of our lives: the beauty and wonder, the joy and sorrow, the loss and abundance. How do poems serve as containers for grief while expanding our capacity for hope? How do certain poems carry us across a turbulent patch like a lantern in our hand? This class is as much about closely reading a poem to see its inner workings as much as it is about generating new poems inspired by what such reading illuminates. Above all, how can we find or strengthen our creative resilience in the face of so much uncertainty? How can we hold together the light and the dark?

This class is open to any writer (i.e. new or experienced poets are welcome). Each week, I will send a packet of poems related to the theme of resilience. We will have opportunities to discuss them and write together. Sharing is optional.

Price: 

$130.00 per person (10% off for Politics & Prose Bookstore members)

(Limited number of scholarships available for current and recently laid off federal workers to join this class.)

Register at Politics & Prose Bookstore.