Hugo House Class ONLINE: Poetry Drive
My spring class at Hugo House "Poetry Drive: Making a Poem Go" will now be taught online via Zoom video-conferencing (with emailed materials). This means you can take the class wherever you are (in the world, from your home, as long as you have an internet connection. Our class will "meet" on two Saturdays 3/28 and 4/4, 10am-1pm (PST). Come write your way through this weird time, and find a creative way to connect with other folks. To register: https://hugohouse.org/store/class/poetry-drive-making-a-poem-go-sierra-nelson-2/
If you’ve never used Zoom before, it’s pretty easy and free to access. I’m just getting to know the platform myself, and it’s been nice in classes so far to be able to see and hear one another in community, even if we can’t be in the same room together. I’ve found it to be a surprisingly warm way to gather. The generative writing we do during class time can be typed via computer, or using a notebook, or on a typewriter, whatever you prefer.
Class Description: In this class we’ll explore more ways to get poetry revving on the page and experiment with a variety of “machine[s] made of words” (W.C. Williams) to expand our ideas of what a poem can be (including prose poems, calligrams, some traditional forms, and associative verse). The class will focus on generative in-class writing prompts and reading; by the end, you’ll have a portfolio of new work and more fuel for keeping your writing going.
