There's a Chameleon in My Prose Poem: Poetry and the Art of Disguise with Justin Petropoulos  

 

Course Description: 

The poet David Lehman says, “[t]he prose poems is…poetry that disguises its true nature.” In this course we will explore the prose poem through the lens of disguise. Through in-class readings, discussions, and generative writing exercises we will explore what is hidden and what we can hide in prose poems. The prose poem, like a chameleon, adapts to its surroundings taking on the colors of anything from newspaper articles to diary entries, from instruction manuals to fairy tales. We will discuss how the prose poem can be used with traditional poetic forms like the lyric or the sonnet as well as how it can be adapted to explore other forms of writing.

 

Dates and Times:

Duration: 

Three-Week Course

 

Genre Type:

Poetry

 

Course Type: 

Generative Workshop

 

Course Level 

All Skill Levels Welcome

  

Faculty Bio: 
Justin Petropoulos is the author of two collections of poetry, Eminent Domain (Marsh Hawk Press 2011), selected by Anne Waldman for the 2010 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize and

(Jaded Ibis Press 2013), a collaborative work with multimedia artist, Carla Gannis. His poems have appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Columbia Poetry Review, Mandorla, among others, and have been included in the anthologies Devouring the Green: Fear of a Human Planet (Jaded Ibis Press 2015) and The &NOW Awards 3 (Lake Forest College Press 2015). He is currently the program manager for Arizona State University’s Creative Writing Program.