Beguiled & Bewildered: A Generative Poetry Workshop
Dates: Any
Format: Self-Guided (learn more about our formats)
In her essay, “Bewilderment,” poet and writer Fanny Howe crafts an essay that is equal parts beguiling and bewildering. In it, she positions bewilderment “as a way of entering the day as much as the work.”
In this workshop, through close engagement with Howe’s essay and example poems, you will examine what it means to write bewildering poetry: how can you step outside our comfort zones to compose poems that confound and dazzle? What happens when you “lie down in mystery?”
Through reading, conversation, and generative writing exercises, you will enter “the roundness of dreaming” and draft new poems. You’ll be invited to push yourself as a writer, writing in ways that may feel unfamiliar or uncomfortable, but that will nurture your development as a writer and reader of poetry.
Shortly after you register, you will receive an email containing an invitation to create an account and begin learning. Note: This class does not include feedback or interaction with the instructor or other learners, and is accessible for thirty days. If more time is needed, just contact us.
