An 8-Week Online Poetry Workshop
Thursday: October 9 - November 27, 6 - 9 PM
In this course, we’ll begin with a focus on rhythm—both formal and free verse—and the sonic qualities of language, including rhyme, assonance, alliteration, and consonance. We’ll examine how fundamental elements of poetry, like imagery, diction, lineation, and sound, establish the tone and voice of a poem. We’ll seek to write poems that reward multiple rereadings by being attuned to the connotative possibilities of the aural elements of language. Our studies will include works by acclaimed poets such as Philip Larkin, John Ashbery, Li-Young Lee, Elizabeth Bishop, Terrance Hayes, Ross Gay, Dean Young, and Mary Ruefle. Each week, we’ll discuss what we’ve read, undertake prompt-based writing exercises, and submit poems for written feedback from both the instructor and your peers. You’ll leave this workshop with a portfolio of new work and a deeper understanding of poetic craft.
$410 Members/$545 Nonmembers
Jalen Eutsey is a writer from Miami, Florida. A recipient of the Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, his poems have appeared in Best New Poets, The Yale Review, Poetry Northwest, and The Hopkins Review. His chapbook, Bubble Gum Stadium, was published by Button Poetry.
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SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Application Due two weeks prior to the workshop start date, at 9:00 a.m.
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