A 5-Week Poetry Workshop
Tuesdays: September 3 - October 1, 6-9 PM
How can we re-see what we’ve written with fresh eyes and an open heart? The body and the organization of the natural and material world often give us insight into how we can bring balance, energy, and form to a poem that feels banal and lifeless. Using a series of revision exercises based on deep questioning, the senses, natural elements, and cardinal points, participants will identify new beginnings, create poetic structures that better support content, and work collectively and in peer-review groups to get perspective on and solutions for how to enliven the poem’s ecosystem. By incorporating assigned readings, contemplative activities, and generative writing, you will gain a series of strategies for seeing and seeing again and, as a result, become a better witness to your strengths and avoidances as a poet.
$275 Members/$475 Nonmembers
Arisa White is an assistant professor of English and Creative Writing at Colby College. Most recently, she is the author of the poetic memoir Who’s Your Daddy, co-editor of Home Is Where You Queer Your Heart, and co-author of Biddy Mason Speaks Up, the second book in the Fighting for Justice Series for young readers. Her poetry is widely published and her collections were nominated for an NAACP Image Award and Lambda Literary Award and won the Per Diem Poetry Prize, Maine Literary Award, Nautilus Book Award, an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Golden Crown Literary Award. As the creator of the Beautiful Things Project, Arisa curates poetic collaborations that are rooted in Black queer women’s ways of knowing. She is a Cave Canem fellow and serves on the board of directors for Foglifter and Nomadic Press, as well as the Community Advisory Board for Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Her current project is Post Pardon: The Opera, which will premiere in the spring of 2025.
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SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Application Due by August 15th at 9:00 a.m.
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