How do you know if a poem is enough? In this workshop, we will look at and create short poems–poems of ten lines or less. Workshop participants will explore familiar short forms, like the haiku, and new approaches, such as compression, leaping, opposition, self-revision, and more, to build their knowledge of the strategies that make for a successful short poem. We’ll be generating lots of new work (they’re short poems!) and also discuss revision, how to develop a sequence, and publication of very short poems.
NO SET MEETING TIME: This workshop will take place over Wet Ink, which is an asynchronous creative writing platform. The instructor will post a lesson and assignment at the beginning of each week, and participants can log in and read the lessons/post assignments/comment on other classmates’ work at their convenience. Shortly before the start date, participants will receive an invite from Wet Ink to create their login info and access the class. Please check your spam if you don’t see it.
If you need an accommodation for this workshop, please contact us at access@{{{{homeurl_non_www}}}}. We will attempt to fulfill all requests, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
