Event date: May 7, 2026
Event Time: 07:00 PM – 08:30 PM
Description:
While revision and its processes are a cornerstone of all writing, in poetry its focus must extend beyond basic craft elements—the poem must also feel alive. On this subject, Kim Addonizio writes: A patient lies on a steel table, while everyone—practiced surgeons and amateurs—sharpens their instruments. Let’s suppose your poem is on the table. How do you keep from killing it? For this course, you’re encouraged to bring drafts that have stymied your best efforts. Together, we’ll examine strategies for revision and discuss first and final drafts by a range of poets. You’ll learn valuable approaches to revision that will inform your writing choices beyond the classroom. This course for anyone who’s ever felt demoralized by a writing draft; this course is for all of us.