I know you’re busy, especially in December, so in this Spark, we’re going to explore the joys of short poems.
Short poems have a long and proud history, going back hundreds or even thousands of years. They are the foundation of Japanese poetry, and most of the great poets in English have at least a couple of them. And they are just as popular today: there’s something always refreshing and exciting about encountering a short poem in a book or magazine among lots of longer ones—and don’t we often read those ones first?!
But short poems aren’t trivial—they can pack a punch, and learning to write them can teach you how to express yourself concisely and powerfully in your other poems as well.
So in this workshop, we’ll look at several ways to approach this stimulating and rewarding branch of poetry, learning from reading multiple expert poets and discussing ways to go about the task of writing short.
(Please note: we’re not going to talk about writing haiku in this workshop. That’s a whole other topic!)
Included are:
Discussion of various approaches to writing short poems
6 example poems to learn from
3 specific writing prompts—2 to write in the workshop, and 1 for afterward
Writing time
Brief feedback.
Places are limited to 12 people.
I know you’re busy, especially in December, so in this Spark, we’re going to explore the joys of short poems.
Short poems have a long and proud history, going back hundreds or even thousands of years. They are the foundation of Japanese poetry, and most of the great poets in English have at least a couple of them. And they are just as popular today: there’s something always refreshing and exciting about encountering a short poem in a book or magazine among lots of longer ones—and don’t we often read those ones first?!
But short poems aren’t trivial—they can pack a punch, and learning to write them can teach you how to express yourself concisely and powerfully in your other poems as well.
So in this workshop, we’ll look at several ways to approach this stimulating and rewarding branch of poetry, learning from reading multiple expert poets and discussing ways to go about the task of writing short.
(Please note: we’re not going to talk about writing haiku in this workshop. That’s a whole other topic!)
Included are:
Discussion of various approaches to writing short poems
6 example poems to learn from
3 specific writing prompts—2 to write in the workshop, and 1 for afterward
Writing time
Brief feedback.
Places are limited to 12 people.
