Would you like to make some things with me?

There are still some seats available in "The Made Thing" if you'd like to join me and some other brave souls in the class at OCAF. I think of it not as much a class as a workshop and less a workshop in the traditional literary workshop sense and more like a woodworker's shop.  A wordworkers shop. Come sling some ink!

Please share with any beginner poets or those who've drifted from poetry writing practice who would like some support and structure to get back elbow-deep in crafting poems.

Day / Dates: Thursdays, September 11 through October 23, 2014  Times: 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Length of Class: 6 Sessions / 2 Hours each Session + Open Reading for final Oct 23 session

Class Fee: OCAF Members - $120.00                     Non-members - $130.00

Materials List: Bring your favorite poem to the first class and writing materials / an attitude of curiosity to all classes. This class, for beginning adult writers, is aimed at providing a place to generate poems, gather poem-making tools, and learn how to sharpen one’s work.

“Poem” means, at root, “a made thing.” This class is an introduction into the practice of crafting poetry, using language and the writer’s own experiences of the world. Together we will look at examples of different ways to trigger poems then draft, edit, share and present our “made things.”

Thanks to a generous friend, all registrants will receive a signed copy of Dissecting the Angel and Other Poems.