Saturday, June 15, 1-4 PM
Format: In-Person
The wise person says nothing, and the world beats a path to her door,“ Lao Tzu wrote. But the nearly-wise person writes short poems, and a small trickle of devotees trek to her cabin. Let us be nearly-wise together; let’s learn to place as much magnificence as possible in 14 words. Of course, minimalist verse may also be extremely long – for example, if you repeat the same four words 3000 times.
Drawing on nursery rhymes, aphorisms, poetic couplets, proverbs, advertising slogans – and of course haiku – we will work on ways to make tiny poems that stand tall.
with Sparrow
Sparrow
Sparrow studied with Ted Berrigan, Allen Ginsberg, Philip Whalen, William Burroughs , Alice Notley, and other esteemed teachers. He has published 11 books. He lives in a blithe doublewide trailer in Phoenicia, New York with his wife, Violet Snow. Sparrow has written for the Sun magazine since 1981. He’s had four op-Ed pieces in the New York Times. Sparrow has been published in the New Yorker, the American Poetry Review, Reptiles of the Mind, and other magazines. He is currently running for President of the United States.