Saturdays on October 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th at 4pm to 6pm (Eastern)

Why do we return to certain themes and people in our poems? How can we leverage these obsessions to our advantage?

Poetry has always been the language of urgency. Formal devices, including the pantoum, are a powerful way to step out of our comfort zone and into our fevered frenzy. Throughout this class, we’ll ask ourselves: What happens on the page when we tame our hungers, urges, and thirsts? How do certain forms allow us to return to our subjects of never-ending fixation in new and wild ways?