Three-hour webinars offering intensive instruction on elements of poetic craft, ranging from prosody and other formal techniques to approaches to the writing process and revision. Primarily lecture-based, craft labs also include some guided writing activities and Q&A with the instructor. An integral part of our Mentorship Program curriculum, the labs are the only part of the curriculum open to the public.
Fall 2023
October 8
Music to My Ears: Conventional Tools for Contemporary Poets
Rigoberto González / online
September 10
Syntax, or the Poet’s Signature
Jay Desphande / online
Summer 2023
August 13
Very Friendly Lighthouses, or How to Continue
Matthew Zapruder / online
June 18
Making Something New: Where Imagination Enters the Poetic Process
Joy Priest / online
Winter-Spring 2023
May 14
Just This and Only Everything: If, When and How to Use Description
Jon Sands / online
Apr 16
I’s and You’s (and Why’s): How Pronouns Function in Lyric Poems
Jay Desphande / online
Feb 19
Between Clarity and Wilderness: How to Tune Your Tension
Traci Brimhall / online
