upcoming classes
poetry as magic: after spicer
April 7 - May 5, 2024
5-Week Workshop
A new class designed for Brooklyn Poets that celebrates Jack Spicer's legendary 1957 "Poetry as Magic" workshop and the age-old intersection of poetry and magic.
hbd BOB KAUFMAN
April 18, 2024
1 Session
A birthday party for Bob Kaufman, the Beat poet and Beatitude editor who did not write or speak for ten years in a vow of silence protesting the Vietnam War. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
past classes
hbd alda merini
March 21, 2024
1 Session
A birthday party for the Italian poet and writer Alda Merini. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
untranslation: After Spicer
March 11, 2024
1 Session
A workshop for Brooklyn Poets Yawp where we create English-to-English "translations" of poems by Jack Spicer, drawing on his approach to translation as a form of correspondence and friendship with the dead.
be mine (not like that)
February 14, 2024
1 Session
A special Valentine's Day workshop for teen writers where we'll write passionate——albeit platonic——love poems for our friends. Free and virtual through Just Buffalo Literary Center.
roses are roses are red
February 1-8, 2024
2-Week Workshop
A love poems intensive. This workshop is designed for poets who'd like to surprise their sweetheart with a love poem this Valentine's Day.
hbd jack spicer
January 30, 2024
1 Session
A birthday party for Jack Spicer. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
hbd james tate
December 8, 2023
1 Session
A birthday party for James Tate. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
hbd joanne kyger
November 19, 2023
1 Session
A birthday party for Joanne Kyger. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
the shape of sound
November 16, 2023
1 Session
My chapter on inventing forms (from The Poem Is a House I Build Then Live In) comes to Just Buffalo Literary Center for this free workshop for teen writers.
the poem is a house i build then live in
November 15 - December 6, 2023
4-Week Workshop
A crash course on poetic forms and the ways in which form sets expectations——and opens up new possibilities——for sound, shape, and meaning.
real eyes revise
October 10 - November 7, 2023
5-Week Workshop
Real Eyes Revise returns for five weeks with Brooklyn Poets. This workshop frames revision as re-vision: as seeing your poems——and what they're capable of——again.
the poem is a house i build then live in
August 1-22, 2023
4-Week Workshop
A crash course on poetic forms and the ways in which form sets expectations——and opens up new possibilities——for sound, shape, and meaning.
real eyes revise
July 6-27, 2023
4-Week Workshop
This workshop frames revision as re-vision: as seeing your poems——and what they're capable of——again. Previously known as Wet Paint.
poetry as play
July 5 - August 23, 2023
8-Week Workshop
Beauty School 101. This workshop takes the spirit of playfulness, experimentation, collaboration, and rascalia as our entry into poems.