Monthly Poetry Gathering w John Morrison | Jan 19 - Apr 13

“A poet’s resources and inspirations remain constant, but our curiosity about form and technique renews the art for us.” Paul Violi

A Monthly Exploration of Possibilities: Forms and Constraints

Here’s a gathering that can flow with the longer rhythms of your writing. One Sunday afternoon for four months, in a comfortable but focused fashion, we will explore the power and potential of form and constraints to generate, deepen and strengthen our poetry. Working with both strict and more flexible forms, and using model poems as guides, we will experiment and generate drafts to take back into your own practice and strategies to power energetic revisions of stubborn drafts. This session is in person, so we can listen closely and productively support one another as we play and share.

Register for this workshop

Teacher: 
John Morrison
Workshop Day: 
Sunday
Time: 
Sundays, 2 - 4pm. Meets: Jan 19, Feb 16, Mar 16, Apr 13
Location: 
Attic Institute, 1033 SW Yamhill, Suite 405, Portland, OR 97205
Total Fee: 
$225

A Statement of Our Values

The Attic Institute of Arts and Letters opposes the legitimation of bigotry, hate, and misinformation. As a studio for writers, we do not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We embrace and celebrate our shared pursuit of literature and languages as essential to crossing the boundaries of difference. To that end, we seek to maintain a creative environment in which every employee, faculty member, and student feels safe, respected, and comfortable — even while acknowledging that poems, stories, and essays delve into uncomfortable subjects. We accept the workshop as a place to question ourselves and to empathize with complex identities. We understand that to know the world is to write the world. Therefore, we reaffirm our commitment to literary pursuits and shared understanding by affirming diversity and open inquiry.