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PoetryThinking Narratively; Memory and Imagination
Primarily generative, this course will explore the territory between memory and imagination. In a workshop setting, participants will respond to a series of writing prompts, as well as read short pieces that reflect memory and imagination. Discussion, process writing and revision exercises will help participants craft their writing with the goal of publication. All materials will be provided by the instructor.
Intersections: Working Poets
This workshop is for intermediate and advanced poets looking to improve their skills and create new and vibrant work. The instructor will present published poems for students to read and study, but the focus will be on writing assignments to keep poets active. The general setting will be an open discussion among colleagues. It is expected that students will have had some workshop experience. Deep Revision: An Advanced Workshop for Poets
How often do we give up on a recalcitrant poem, or settle for a draft we know isn’t what it could be? In this intensive, we will learn and practice a variety of techniques and processes for deeply revising a piece of work to make it as good, in terms of both craft and inspiration, as it can be. Bring copies of one poem (you will be told in advance how many copies) to share with the group. No “critiquing”—just gentle help. Expect amazing results! A bibliography and handouts are included.
Lyric Yoga: Poetry and Contemplative Practice
How can we sing the body electric when we check the body at the door? Beginning with a combination of yoga practices, proceeding to writing exercises, reading aloud, and listening, this workshop engages students contemplative practices in the service of poetic production. No previous experience with yoga is necessary, but those with chronic spine or other injuries should not participate in posture practices. Bring journals and pens. Wear comfortable clothes.
Frog Jumps In: Writing Haiku
There is a lot more to haiku than 17 syllables. Be like the frog in Basho’s celebrated poem and jump into the world of writing haiku. This workshop will offera n introduction to the basics of writing haiku, a discussion of traditional and modern styles of haiku (senryu and haibun too), with time to write some haiku and have it critiqued.
From Poems to Manuscript--How-tos and Wherefores
Take a mess of poems, toss them into a pile and stir many times with a large spoon of discipline. Voilà! An editor-ready manuscript! Whether you think you’ve got a book or chapbook ready to go or you’re daunted by the task of compiling one, there’s work to be done! This workshop will guide you through step-by-step of preparing your collection of poems for editorial submission. It’s a hands-on, nuts-and-bolts session that will set provide you with a recipe for success with your poems. Please bring a manuscript-in-progress or a batch of poems you’d like to see assembled one day between book covers.
Playing Dice with Poetry
Einstein was wrong – God does play dice with the universe! So why should poets turn up their noses at it? Whether you’re looking for inspiration for a new poem, or tired of the same old subject you turn to again and again, or struggling to express that whatever-it-is that’s at the tip of your tongue, turning to randomness, chance, and serendipity is a powerful way to move beyond your habitual chain of thought to the openness of creativity. In addition to the considered and considerate reading and evaluation of one another’s work that is at the heart of any poetry workshop, time will be spent each session “playing dice” (Surrealist games, cut-ups, found poems, group poems, automatic writing, even traditional forms and meters), all the time striving for what poetry at its best actually does – linking our day-to-day lives with the reality that lies beneath them.
Course Cancelled Writing Nature Poetry: Tuning in to the UntamedSA9-P08 This workshop will provide poets with a toolkit they can use to embrace nature in their writing and get some real, immediate, and essential practice. Participants should bring a notebook, a journal if they keep one, and any poems they've written about nature that they would like to work on or share with the group. Bring snacks or a bagged lunch.
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Visiting Writer SeriesHosted by Steve Huff The Visiting Writer Series brings together Writers from out of town as well as from the Greater Rochester Area. First FridaysFeb. 5, 6 p.m. This Friday you can help celebrate Valentine's Day with us by reading some of your favorite love poems. and hear those read by others. Writers & Books is looking for people to sign up to read their favorite love poems for our First Friday on February 5th here at W&B. It can be your own poem, or a favorite by another poet. Valentine Card PartySaturday February 6, 10 a.m.-noon Why buy valentine cards when you can make your own? We’ll provide the materials; you provide the imagination. A wide array of special papers and sparkly adornments will offer inspiration. Writing experts will be on hand to help you find just the right words for that special someone. Come join the community of creativity! Genesee Reading SeriesHosted by: Wanda Schubmehl Now in its 26th year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the Verb Cafe. Learn more about our featured authors.
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