How do you end your poems? In this generative writing workshop, participants will study how poets shape and explore poetic closure. We will study poems by diverse contemporary poets and use their poems as compasses and mentors for rethinking and re-envisioning alternative endings for the poems that we have written. Participants will also draw on the craft of other art forms and learn strategies for shaping an ending for that nothing-seems-to-work-for-it poem.
This Zoom workshop is open to writers at all levels, and limited to ten students. Please review the course policies page before registering for any class. The course fee is $150.00.
While we rely on proceeds to help fund our organization, we don’t want cost to be an obstacle for attendees. Please reach out to frost@frostplace.org to inquire about tuition assistance.
Please email Patrick Donnelly at pdonnelly@frostplace.org with any other questions.
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About the Instructor
Janice N. Harrington’s latest book of poetry Yard Show (BOA Editions 2024) grows out of her three earlier books of poems, Even the Hollow My Body Made Is Gone, The Hands of Strangers, and Primitive: The Art and Life of Horace H. Pippin. Harrington is also an award-winning children’s author, a Cave Canem fellow, and teaches creative writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Registrants, please note: In the payment field, you can edit the suggested contribution to Zeffy by selecting ‘other’ and typing in another amount. Zeffy is the only fundraising tool that is 100% free for nonprofits.
In Case You Missed It
Janice joined the Frost Place as faculty at our 2024 Poetry Seminar and proved herself an incredibly engaging instructor. As part of the seminar, she delivered a powerful reading streamed live on Facebook. Skip ahead to the 30-minute mark to see her in action!