Poetry Workshop
Strengthen your writing practice as you analyze iconic poems, apply poetic techniques, and craft your own original poetry.
Modern life constantly takes us out of the present moment. We are overwhelmed, worried about the future, and pulled in too many directions. Poetry can return us to the present, allowing us to express ourselves in creative ways. Through demonstrations, discussion, generative exercises, and short craft lectures, this poetry workshop will inspire you to work with language in ways that feel enlivening, fresh, and accessible. All writing levels are welcome.
You'll explore poems by Frank O'Hara, Basho, Harryette Mullen, Joseph Stroud, Mary Oliver, and others, and then try your hand at free verse poems that are sensory, elemental, and attuned to the complex and ultimately precious multi-dimensionality of our world.
The goal of the workshop is not only to strengthen and nurture your creative expression, but also remind you how good it feels to make art—however humble—in response to our lived experience.
Dates
April 25 - 27, 2025
Early Registration Fee
$356
Fee increases after February 1
On-Campus Lodging
Participants can enjoy a special seasonal rate of $94 at the Stone Hotel and Cottages.
Registration coming soon
The schedule for the 2025 Poetry Workshop will be announced closer to the start of the program. To get a sense of the format, view the schedule from last year below.
Please bring materials to take notes and work on writing assignments, including a laptop, if you have one. A USB Flash Drive (memory stick) is also recommended. Printers and Wi-Fi will be available.
See our registration and cancellation policy.
K-12 educators in Michigan can earn SCECH clock hours by attending the Poetry Workshop.
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