Fun with Forms (asynchronous)

June 18-July 16

$150 per person (Please contact me if you’re interested but cannot afford the fee and we will work something out.)

Sure, I might challenge you to write a ballad or a blues poem, a sestina or a sonnet, but there’s more to form than just the received forms in poetry. You can write a prose sestina, for example, or a hermit crab poem. And there are epistolary poems, list essays, invented forms—all of which can trick you into writing something that surprises you, finding words for a topic you worry about exploring, because part of your mind will be distracted by the requirements of the form.

This class includes weekly sample readings and prompts, with your poem or short cnf piece (under 1000 words) due the following week. Participants will receive written responses from me and 2 fellow participants, chosen randomly by the software; each week you will be required to write responses for 2 fellow participants. In written feedback, we will always emphasize support, encouragement, and respect.