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Thu12Nov20206:30-8:00pm CSTOnline
The Craft of Writing Poetry: Poetry of Place in a Pandemic World
In our sheltering during the coronavirus, place has taken on greater significance. This workshop looks at the character of places, public and private, and how we as poets might represent their changing dynamics. Whether writing of distance and absence, of sites of resistance, or more intimately of nature or family spaces, the subjects and methods or our poetry involve new challenges. This workshop will use prompts and exercises to encourage a deeper gathering of materials for writing place and will offer comments on and illustrations of significant craft elements.
Register and learn more: writeondoorcounty.org or call 920.868.1457
For more information: https://mcusercontent.com/…/020…/CraftOfWriting_Complete.pdf
Kim at Returning the Gift Festival, 2012 in Milwaukee, Indian Summer Stage.
Past Events
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Mon20Jun2022Sun26Jun2022Bemidji State University
Beyond the Expected Poem ~ Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference
Beyond the Expected Poem
A “successful” poem or series of poems sometimes traps us into repeating the formula. How do we keep our poetry practice vital? If writing is inquiry, where do we look for unexpected questions that will enrich our poems? In this generative workshop, writers will set aside their comfortable habits and try new tools of inquiry, bend their forms and usual approaches to writing, and engage in unexpected “collaborations.” Our days will include writing exercises and prompts, discussion of excerpts from essays on poetics, and inspiration from the natural world. We will read a diverse range of poems as inspiration and with an eye on their architecture and method. As we share drafts and plan revisions, we will try to move beyond intention by following the energy of the image(s) and the detours of language. Participants should leave the workshop with a group of new poem drafts and a “bank” of ideas for further writing.
https://www.northwoodswriters.org/the-conference/faculty-workshops/poetry-kimberly-blaeser
