Get Free, Poet!
Anthony Febo
At times, the hardest thing about writing is starting. In this workshop, we will explore different methods of allowing yourself to get free within your own work. Using various writing prompts and theatre exercises, you will be pushed to use all the artistic abilities that you possess.
Anthony Febo
At times, the hardest thing about writing is starting. In this workshop, we will explore different methods of allowing yourself to get free within your own work. Using various writing prompts and theatre exercises, you will be pushed to use all the artistic abilities that you possess.
Poetry 5000!
Elisabeth Houston
Some of you may write slam poems and others sonnets; regardless, I welcome anyone with a desire to play with language, tinker with imagery, and shape new sounds. Improvisation and play is a crucial part of originality - and making original poems. As you come to the page, I ask that you draw on the extraordinary wealth of your own experiences and the riches of your own imagination. To help cultivate you as writers, it is critical our class is a supportive, trusting space where students can bring in material that is personal, challenging, and risky. Sensitivity is a crucial element of a successful workshop. Come one and come all!
Elisabeth Houston
Some of you may write slam poems and others sonnets; regardless, I welcome anyone with a desire to play with language, tinker with imagery, and shape new sounds. Improvisation and play is a crucial part of originality - and making original poems. As you come to the page, I ask that you draw on the extraordinary wealth of your own experiences and the riches of your own imagination. To help cultivate you as writers, it is critical our class is a supportive, trusting space where students can bring in material that is personal, challenging, and risky. Sensitivity is a crucial element of a successful workshop. Come one and come all!
Poetry Loves
Hannah Baker-Siroty
In this workshop we will look at some classic and contemporary poems that people consider favorites. We will discuss some of the reasons why people love them and then participate in a number of writing prompts in order to create some new favorites!
Hannah Baker-Siroty
In this workshop we will look at some classic and contemporary poems that people consider favorites. We will discuss some of the reasons why people love them and then participate in a number of writing prompts in order to create some new favorites!
Beast Mode: Be a Beast
Jamele Adams, aka Harlym 1two5
By the time we are done, we would have moved the world a little bit and re-imagined the lines by which poetry is defined. Writing is the spark that ignites flames of thought; thus your poetry leaves a trail of blue flames-the core of any fire. A kaleidoscope of creativity unleashed and unveiled "write" from you. Let us begin.
Jamele Adams, aka Harlym 1two5
By the time we are done, we would have moved the world a little bit and re-imagined the lines by which poetry is defined. Writing is the spark that ignites flames of thought; thus your poetry leaves a trail of blue flames-the core of any fire. A kaleidoscope of creativity unleashed and unveiled "write" from you. Let us begin.
Poetry Remixed
January Gill O'Neil
This workshop will focus on finding poems in unusual places: in newspapers, magazines, recipes, labels, music lyrics, movies, art, advertisements, even tweets—basically, everywhere. The source material is an all-access backstage pass into a world of our own making and unmaking; a door to enter and exit however we please. Much our time will be spent on writing exercises, and reading and writing based off the work of emerging poets—all to broaden our sense of how and where we might find poetry in the public domain. Once you're "in," where you (and your poems) go is up to you.
January Gill O'Neil
This workshop will focus on finding poems in unusual places: in newspapers, magazines, recipes, labels, music lyrics, movies, art, advertisements, even tweets—basically, everywhere. The source material is an all-access backstage pass into a world of our own making and unmaking; a door to enter and exit however we please. Much our time will be spent on writing exercises, and reading and writing based off the work of emerging poets—all to broaden our sense of how and where we might find poetry in the public domain. Once you're "in," where you (and your poems) go is up to you.
Celebrity Persona Poems
Jennifer Jean
Is there an entertainment, sports, or pop-icon that you know a lot about? Learn how to write a poem from their point of view! This class will take you through several steps of writing “persona poems” using list-making techniques and situation creation. At the end of the class we’ll share our results and then write one more poem about a hero or heroine that lives in our everyday lives. With poet: Jennifer Jean.
Jennifer Jean
Is there an entertainment, sports, or pop-icon that you know a lot about? Learn how to write a poem from their point of view! This class will take you through several steps of writing “persona poems” using list-making techniques and situation creation. At the end of the class we’ll share our results and then write one more poem about a hero or heroine that lives in our everyday lives. With poet: Jennifer Jean.
Your Inner Critic Doesn't Know Jack About Poetry
Johanna Lyman
Are you your worst critic? If you're human, your answer is probably YES. That's the bad news. The good news is that your inner critic doesn't know a thing about poetry (or anything creative, for that matter). In this workshop, you'll learn how to stop that inner critic from stopping you. We'll do a variety of exercises designed to quiet even the loudest or sneakiest inner critic. And yes, we'll create poetry too... poems that even your critic will love.
Johanna Lyman
Are you your worst critic? If you're human, your answer is probably YES. That's the bad news. The good news is that your inner critic doesn't know a thing about poetry (or anything creative, for that matter). In this workshop, you'll learn how to stop that inner critic from stopping you. We'll do a variety of exercises designed to quiet even the loudest or sneakiest inner critic. And yes, we'll create poetry too... poems that even your critic will love.
Speak Your Story!
Jonathan Mendoza
Get real! Speak truth! Honest writing and performing can be important, moving and transformative for both the speaker and listener. Through various theatre and writing exercises, this workshop will get you to explore your inner self and speak your story as you wish to express it. P.S. Fun will be had!
Jonathan Mendoza
Get real! Speak truth! Honest writing and performing can be important, moving and transformative for both the speaker and listener. Through various theatre and writing exercises, this workshop will get you to explore your inner self and speak your story as you wish to express it. P.S. Fun will be had!
Silly Image, Serious Thought: A Comedy Club in the Poetic Temple
Noah Burton
Sometimes sitting on a rock in silence doesn't bring enlightenment—but throwing a mud pie does. Go figure! In this workshop you'll see how being silly and playful with images can lead you to deeply personal and universal discoveries that, in turn, complete a poem. With a clown car as your transport, who knows, maybe you'll see the universe or travel the highways of your conciousness? And maybe we'll join you too.
Noah Burton
Sometimes sitting on a rock in silence doesn't bring enlightenment—but throwing a mud pie does. Go figure! In this workshop you'll see how being silly and playful with images can lead you to deeply personal and universal discoveries that, in turn, complete a poem. With a clown car as your transport, who knows, maybe you'll see the universe or travel the highways of your conciousness? And maybe we'll join you too.
The Unlettered Muse: Poetry and the Creative Mind
Regie Gibson
This will be a lively writing workshop for those of you who want to write without all the rules you never wanted to learn anyway. By using both surrealist and structured techniques, we will peep under the left and right sides of the brain and see what peeps back.
Regie Gibson
This will be a lively writing workshop for those of you who want to write without all the rules you never wanted to learn anyway. By using both surrealist and structured techniques, we will peep under the left and right sides of the brain and see what peeps back.
Writing from Memory
Tara Skurtu
Personal memory is like a trust fund of images, stories, and senses. And, in a way, it functions very much like a poem--its logic isn't chronological, its associations are often connected by seemingly unrelated thoughts or visuals, and it's always in a state of movement . In this workshop, we'll use prompts that allow us to travel into our memories to write unpredictable, spontaneous, and surprising poetry.
Tara Skurtu
Personal memory is like a trust fund of images, stories, and senses. And, in a way, it functions very much like a poem--its logic isn't chronological, its associations are often connected by seemingly unrelated thoughts or visuals, and it's always in a state of movement . In this workshop, we'll use prompts that allow us to travel into our memories to write unpredictable, spontaneous, and surprising poetry.
Jump Starting Your Writing and Telling Your Inner Voice to Shut Up
Timothy Gager
Do you believe in writers block? I don't, because even though you may have heard all about it, writers block only exists if you want it to. It's all about FEAR! Today's workshop will demonstrate how to work with prompts, either pictures or words, and what's the best way to workshop.
Timothy Gager
Do you believe in writers block? I don't, because even though you may have heard all about it, writers block only exists if you want it to. It's all about FEAR! Today's workshop will demonstrate how to work with prompts, either pictures or words, and what's the best way to workshop.