In this workshop series, you will become a poetry mechanic. Together, we will look under the hood of poems and take them apart to see how they run. Then you’ll learn how to use similar structure or technique as a template to elevate your own language and generate new material. This workshop series will teach you how to analyze craft and apply the same to your own poetry with confidence and precision. Each class will be spent looking at one or two poems, taking the poem(s) apart, and then learning and writing with the techniques the poet has used. We will read and examine poems by Marty McConnell, Olena Kalytiak Davis, Franny Choi, Saeed Jones and more.

In this workshop, participants will:

• Learn how to read for craft instead of content 

• Learn how to identify and replicate specific techniques and structures using their own material

• Be able to identify and explain what makes language surprising and effective 

• Create endless prompts from any poem

Cancellation Policy: Tuition is non-refundable 48 hours prior to the workshop or first workshop in the series. If you are unable to attend, you will be sent the recording and materials 24 hours after the workshop. You can also gift or sell your spot to another participant.

Zoom link sent with receipt as a digital download. Please read the attached pdf.