Coming Up at the Berkeley Writing Salon
Magpie Poetry Workshop
- When
- Thu May 21, 2009
- Where
- The Berkeley Writing Salon
- Time
- Five Thursdays, 7-9:30 pm, starting May 21st
- Cost
- $185 - $215
- Tags
- Literary Arts, Poetry, Writers
Description
"Poets are magpies," says instructor Alison Luterman, "stealing images, scraps of dialogue, and the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life for their nests. A poem is that nest, built out of the twigs and ribbons of ordinary words. This small container creates a space which enables consciousness to fly. “Many students come to a poetry class hoping for an intensive line-by-line and word-by-word editing process.There are times when it’s right to do this, but my experience with my own and with others’ poems is that this is usually not until nearing the final draft. The first hundred times writing and revising the poem are a discovery process; what more is there underneath the poem, what leaps can you make, what gems uncover.
We will spend some time workshopping poems, but the main focus will be on in-class writing exercises and generating more material—on process over product.”
More Info
- Link
- http://www.writingsalons.com
- Call
- 415.609.2468
- Contact Form (account required)
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