Writing Poems/Making Them Better

Writing Poems/Making Them Better

Spring (14 hrs or more) | This course has been canceled

One Court Street Lebanon, NH 03766 United States

Room 2C

NEW

3/30/2020-5/18/2020

9:00 AM-11:00 AM EDT on Mon

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$80.00

Since there has been writing, there has been poetry. Poetry is an art, and a poem is a made thing, created and constructed. Like all made things, there are ways to do it “right.”

As with any form of art, most of us find getting it exactly “right” is rare. We do try to make our poetry as effective as possible. We want the poem to have an impact, and that’s one reason we work to craft it with care.

Craft can be taught, and the purpose of this course is to understand why this matters and to familiarize participants with tools that will help express your creative thoughts, feelings, and ideas with as much power as you intend. Class participants will accomplish this by reading the work of published poets, writing and presenting poems of your own, and learning the art of critique.

  • There are no required reading materials.
Herzberg, Don

Don Herzberg is a retired doctor who has lived with his family in Vermont since 1980. He has an MFA in poetry writing from New England College, and his poems have been published in two self-published books, coupling his poetry with his wife’s artwork. He self-published his book, Dancing on Earth, and his chapbook, The Things She Said, is being published by Red Bird Chapbooks.

 

Vickers, Betsy

Betsy Vickers is a graduate of Bennington College and has an MFA from The Art Institute of Chicago. She worked previously creating print media and websites for educational programs, with an emphasis on study abroad. She has been dedicated to writing poetry since 1995.