Stop Making Sense!

You don’t need to write about something in order to write a poem.
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As the French poet Stéphane Mallarmé once said, poems are written with words, not ideas. Taking its title from a Talking Heads song, my workshop uses Mallarmé’s insight as its guiding principle, so the participant can embark on a productive literary voyage distinct from that of prose. Here we emphasize lyricism and the spirit of play, and an openness to technique distinct from narrative. (Think jazz.) Workshoppers will, for example, explore the sound of a word or phrase, and what this might suggest, without regard to meaning. Meaning will be arrived at rather than be predetermined. We will create non-sense that actually makes sense!
At the outset I shall provide a few examples of lyrical poems. Participants will then do writing exercises. We will conclude with each workshopper crafting a short poem based on these exercises. This will be a workshop that will both be fun and instructive.
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Saturday, December 8, 2018
2:00-5:00 pm
$55.00
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