Course Description: 

In this generative workshop will explore the ways poets have used the epistolary form to scatter grief to the heavens to relieve the pressure of pain that may have grown anger, resentment, and bitterness within us. The “god” here is not a religious god, but instead any figure, creature, or higher power we feel is a possible arch to throw our bereavement over. In this two-part workshop, we’ll discuss a few poems that use this form and examine how they use language to connect our bodies to grief. Then we will do some generative exercises and meet again to discuss how the process went for us and read each other's work to provide feedback.

 

Dates and Times: 

Tuesdays

June 18 and 25

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Pricing:

$0.00

Two-Week Course

 

Genre Type:

Poetry, Generative Writing, Flash, Form, Epistolary

 

Course Type: 

Generative Workshop

 

Course Level 

Beginner/Beginner-Intermediate

 

Instructor Bio: 

Erin Noehre is a Midwestern-born poet currently living and writing in Tempe, Arizona where she is an M.F.A. candidate at Arizona State University and an associate editor at Hayden’s Ferry Review. She is the recipient of an Interdisciplinary Enrichment Fellowship from the Graduate College at Arizona State University as well as the Dr. Russell Brock Memorial Scholarship for Non-Technical Writing. Her work has been featured or is forthcoming from The Poetry Spot in AZCentral, Northern Lights (2016 award for best poetry), and Sonora Review.