I like the idea of the checking hidden structure in one's (or others') poems. But that's just me.
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On 23/04/2015, at 5:18 AM, Max Richards wrote:
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> Erasure Poems: This Vanishing is Illuminating
> Pausing our usual vocabularies in favor of a giddy, intuitive stumbling, we’ll make new poems by erasing, obscuring, and masking old text. Each student will generate a beautiful, seemingly impenetrable question or choose a koan (paradoxical statement) to explore through…
> Course Type: 2 Day | Instructor: Samar Abulhassan
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> Start Date: 4/25/2015 – 1:00 PM
> Visual Poetry (and Prose)
> Language can live a very different sort of life when it exists with, or in, a visual-arts realm. A few examples from such leading practitioners as Tom Phillips, Bianca Stone, and John Ashbery will be presented to jump-start your imagination…
> Course Type: 1 Day | Instructor: Nance Van Winckel
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> Start Date: 5/2/2015 – 1:00 PM
> Stealing, Sampling, Absconding
> We’ll spend the first class playing with appropriated texts, investigating and engaging in the practice of “uncreative writing.” Then we’ll turn our attention to homage, imitation, and parody, imbuing our poems with the talents and twitches of writers such as…
> Course Type: 6 Week | Instructor: Martha Silano
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> Start Date: 5/4/2015 – 10:00 AM
> Taking a Turn: What Happens When a Poem Shifts?
> The sonnet contains a volta: a characteristic turn in its middle where the poem’s argument noticeably shifts. But is it possible every poem, whether free or formal verse, contains a volta of some kind? What power do these turns have…
> Course Type: 6 Week | Instructor: Sierra Nelson
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> Start Date: 5/5/2015 – 7:00 PM
> Poetics of Objects
> William Carlos Williams famously coined the phrase “No ideas but in things” in the 1927 version of his poem “Paterson.” At the same time, in France, Francis Ponge was working hard at working hard, taking this credo to heart and…
> Course Type: 6 Week | Instructor: Kary Wayson
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> Start Date: 5/5/2015 – 7:10 PM
> Intro to Poetry: Poems from the Everyday
> This class serves as an introduction to poetry writing, combining in-class exercises, take-home assignments, and discussion of a wide range of poems. We’ll look at the intersection of poetry and the everyday as a means for generating our own poems;…
> Course Type: 6 Week | Instructor: Bill Carty
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> Start Date: 5/6/2015 – 6:00 PM
> Poets’ Companions: Creating and Critiquing Together
> We will read and discuss poems by modern and contemporary writers, critique each other’s poems in process, and use prompts to encourage new writing. We will write a new poem each week in response to exercises and poems that inspire… Course Type: 6 Week | Instructor: Carolyne Wright
> Start Date: 5/6/2015 – 5:00 PM
> Sentences vs. Poems
> Sentences can be thought of as short, short, short stories. In all good poems, there is a tension between them and a poem’s form. Think of the sentence sounds and speech rhythms of Walt Whitman’s and C.K. Williams’ long, loping… Course Type: 6 Week | Instructor: Emily Warne
> Master Class: The Hidden Architecture of the Poem
> All poems have a structure, even free-verse poems that seem to range around with no apparent form. Bring three new poems you’re struggling to complete – drafts that just won’t seem to fall into place – and we’ll bring out…
> Course Type: 1 Day | Instructor: Dorianne Laux
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> Start Date: 5/9/2015 – 1:00 PM
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> Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads: Using Imagery in Poems
> How can we create an image to encapsulate an idea, an emotion, a state of mind? We will explore the power of imagery as a means of crystallizing an idea. We will seek out and sift through the visual material…
> Course Type: 2 Day | Instructor: Jane Wong
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> Start Date: 5/16/2015 – 1:00 PM
> Doing Little Writing
> We will discuss the fact—yes, fact—that about 90% of our prose and poetry will be better if we can shorten it during the revision process. Leaning on the experience of examining tens of thousands of essays, short stories, and poems during…
> Course Type: 1 Day | Instructor: Stephen Corey
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> Start Date: 6/1/2015 – 10:00 AM
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