Poetry is Not a Luxury: Writing as Essential Act
Dates: Any
Format: Independent Study (more info)
In her essay, “Poetry is Not a Luxury,” Audre Lorde tells us that poetry “is a vital necessity of our existence.” Still, many of us struggle to get to our writing with regularity. Our list of reasons is long, variable, and real: day jobs, babies, finals, illness, family obligations, fear of failure—sheer exhaustion.
In this four-module self-paced workshop, you’re going to write anyway. You’ll apply the tenets of Lorde’s essay to your own writing lives and, in her sage words, “pursue [y]our magic and make it real.”
You’ll drink deeply from the well of inspiration by reading and listening to poems by a wide range of contemporary poets including Yusef Komunyakaa, Ada Limón, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Maggie Smith, Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison, Chloe Honum, and Lucille Clifton, to name a few.
Each lesson offers a generative writing prompt and a revision-based prompt for those not-quite-there-yet-poems gathering dust in your bottom desk drawer.
Shortly after you Add to Cart, 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.
Dates: Any
Format: Independent Study (more info)
In her essay, “Poetry is Not a Luxury,” Audre Lorde tells us that poetry “is a vital necessity of our existence.” Still, many of us struggle to get to our writing with regularity. Our list of reasons is long, variable, and real: day jobs, babies, finals, illness, family obligations, fear of failure—sheer exhaustion.
In this four-module self-paced workshop, you’re going to write anyway. You’ll apply the tenets of Lorde’s essay to your own writing lives and, in her sage words, “pursue [y]our magic and make it real.”
You’ll drink deeply from the well of inspiration by reading and listening to poems by a wide range of contemporary poets including Yusef Komunyakaa, Ada Limón, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Maggie Smith, Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison, Chloe Honum, and Lucille Clifton, to name a few.
Each lesson offers a generative writing prompt and a revision-based prompt for those not-quite-there-yet-poems gathering dust in your bottom desk drawer.
Shortly after you Add to Cart, 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.
Dates: Any
Format: Independent Study (more info)
In her essay, “Poetry is Not a Luxury,” Audre Lorde tells us that poetry “is a vital necessity of our existence.” Still, many of us struggle to get to our writing with regularity. Our list of reasons is long, variable, and real: day jobs, babies, finals, illness, family obligations, fear of failure—sheer exhaustion.
In this four-module self-paced workshop, you’re going to write anyway. You’ll apply the tenets of Lorde’s essay to your own writing lives and, in her sage words, “pursue [y]our magic and make it real.”
You’ll drink deeply from the well of inspiration by reading and listening to poems by a wide range of contemporary poets including Yusef Komunyakaa, Ada Limón, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Maggie Smith, Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison, Chloe Honum, and Lucille Clifton, to name a few.
Each lesson offers a generative writing prompt and a revision-based prompt for those not-quite-there-yet-poems gathering dust in your bottom desk drawer.
Shortly after you Add to Cart, 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.
