Poetry Workshop: Delight in the Details - Writing Poems that Startle and Enchant
Week 4 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | CLA Alumni Hall Poetry Room | Ages 18 and up
Vivid descriptions help us connect to a poem by recreating experience, from a rhubarb pie bubbling in the oven to the flash of a deer running across a field. But how do poets use descriptive details in a way that conveys experience for readers without overwhelming them? And where do poets find stunning multisensory details in the first place? In this workshop we will discover new methods of generating fresh, compelling descriptions to use in poems. Participants will explore techniques through prompts and sample poems provided by the instructor, and will receive feedback in a supportive atmosphere. Flexible. (ages 18+)
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Mary Biddinger’s latest poetry collections are Partial Genius: Prose Poems and Department of Elegy, both with Black Lawrence Press. Her poems have appeared in a variety of journals, including Couplet Poetry, The Laurel Review, and Pithead Chapel, and have been featured on Poetry Daily and The Slowdown. Biddinger’s flash fiction has been published in Always Crashing, DIAGRAM, Gone Lawn, and Southern Indiana Review. She has received awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, and Cleveland Arts Prize. Biddinger teaches creative writing at the University of Akron and in the NEOMFA program and serves as poetry and poetics editor for the University of Akron Press.
