Craft new work and rebuild your relationship with revision.
For some poets, the most difficult part of writing is getting to the page. For others, it is the act of revisiting that first draft. This workshop will help students not only write new work with ease, but also return to those poems with a keen eye towards revision. To start, students will respond to weekly prompts based on contemporary readings from poets including Ada LimĂłn, Chen Chen, Jericho Brown, and Natalie Diaz. Mid-way through the course, we will shift our focus to revision, re-approaching the poems from earlier weeks. Readings will outline various revision strategies and techniques aimed at giving students new entry points into their work. By the end of the course, students can expect to have written at least 3-6 new poems, with 3 substantial revisions. There will be opportunities to receive feedback from other students and the instructor, but this is not an entirely workshop-style course. Students should have one poem in its early draft stages to begin the course.
Live video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it).
In this workshop you’ll learn:
- Contemporary Forms
- Revision Strategies
- Poetry Writing Prompts
Time requirements
- Approximately 1-2 hours a week between brief weekly readings/ writing a new poem and/or revising a poem
Materials
- All reading materials will be provided.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is designed for poets of all levels who want to write new poems and experiment with new approaches to revision.
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.
