Wednesday, March 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th

5:30PM-7:30PM Phoenix MST
Location: Zoom
 

What to expect at a glance:

• Discover strategies for enhancing your poetry sonically
• Learn new poetic techniques 
• Complete poem drafts and receive instructor and peer feedback on your work  

Course Description:

For centuries, creating art, and writing poetry in particular, has served as a form of healing for hurt, pain, and grief. In this workshop, we'll discuss examples of celebrated poems that tackle these difficult topics and study effective techniques for channeling our pain into poetry. Then, through a series of writing prompts, we'll delve into our own experiences and turn them into powerful, effective poems. This workshop is for anyone who is interested in the incredible transformative power of poetry to heal our wounds. 

About the instructor:

Jodie Hollander's work has appeared in journals such as The Poetry Review, Poetry Magazine, The Yale Review, The Harvard Review, Poetry, PN Review, The Kenyon Review, Poetry London, The Hudson Review, The Dark Horse, The New Criterion, The Rialto, Verse Daily, The Best Australian Poems of 2011, and The Best Australian Poems of 2015. Her debut full-length collection, My Dark Horses, was published with Liverpool University Press and Oxford University Press. Her second collection, Nocturne, was also published with Liverpool and Oxford University Press in 2023 and was longlisted for the Laurel Prize in nature writing. Hollander is the recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship and a Fulbright Fellowship in South Africa. She is also the originator of Poetry in the Parks, in conjunction with several National Parks and Monuments in the U.S. She currently lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.