Grounding in the basics of poetic form, from metered verse to free verse. Students study models of a different formal approach every week and practice and workshop their own poems in the form. Each workshop focuses on a specific formal practice area, such as blank verse or the sonnet; some workshops are sequenced into ten-week blocks meant to allow for sustained work in related practice areas. Workshops in blank verse and the sonnet, for example, can be taken individually or as one extended course exploring meter and rhyme. No prior experience writing or reading poems necessary. Meant for beginning writers and readers of poetry, as well as more experienced poets wishing to shore up aspects of their formal practice.
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all workshops will be conducted online until further notice.*
Fall 2020
September 13–October 18
The Elegiac Tradition
Jay Deshpande / online
October 18–November 22
Silence & Sound SOLD OUT!
Jason Koo / online
November 1–December 13
Poets in S P A C E
Candace Williams / online
November 1–December 6
The Poem’s Ending SOLD OUT!
Jay Deshpande / online
November 5–December 10 (Nov 26 off)
A Day in the Life SOLD OUT!
Jessica Greenbaum / online
