Welcome to the Poetry Kitchen, a home for poets and readers who are searching for thoughtful conversation and deep writing time. Every year I offer a variety of generative, revision, and manuscript classes aimed at developing participants' confidence and independence within a supportive community of fellow makers. Classes are affordable and are open to all.
The following class is now open for registration. Stay tuned for more in the fall.
“Nor is it you alone”: Writing the Long Poem, with Help from Whitman
NEW CLASS! Class is full; waitlist only
What happens when we push ourselves to stay inside a draft: to keep it moving forward or let it loop back on itself? What happens when we stop thinking about the finish line but allow a poem to dance into unexpected rooms, paddle into hidden creeks?
Walt Whitman was a master of the long poem, and his writings have deeply influenced many poets who have since wrestled with the form. Maybe you’ve never written a long poem. Maybe you’ve written many. In either case, engaging closely with Whitman’s work can help you build trust in your voice, your wandering thoughts, your stamina.
Over the course of this two-weekend class, we’ll focus on Whitman’s great poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” both as conversation and as writing prompt. In the first weekend, we’ll begin generating our new drafts. In the second weekend, we’ll stand back and examine what we’ve made and consider where it might be heading. Between the two weekends, you’ll be sharing feedback and work-in-progress with fellow participants.
Weekend 1: November 1 and 2, each day 10 a.m.–2 p.m. ET, on Zoom
Weekend 2: November 15 and 16, each day 10 a.m.–2 p.m. ET, on Zoom
Cost: $300
Class size is limited to 8 participants.
Inservice teachers will receive 16 hours of professional development credit.
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