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2026 WORKSHOPS
Writing More with Less
11:10 - 12:10 with Major Jackson
In our breakout workshop, we will examine poems that simultaneously model expansiveness of feeling and frugality of language. This is a workshop that encourages poets to not over-write but to rely on metaphor, lyric association and insinuation as aesthetic values.
Ancestral Poetics
10:55 - 11:55 with Brynn Saito
What is an ancestor?
The Sound of Sound:
THE VITAL NATURE OF THE AURAL IN POETRY10:55 - 11:55 with Sands Hall
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!
Joining Poetry's Dances:
EXPLORATIONS IN THE MAGIC OF METER3:55-4:55 with Annie Finch
Reading aloud, chanting, c
HOLD
3:55 - 4:55 with Karen Terrey
What are some techniqu
The Art of Noticing: Lyric Conversations with the Nonhuman
4:00 - 5:00 with Tess Taylor
In this workshop we will examine new techniques for naming the world around us in artful and convincing ways, as well as allowing the unexpected into our poems. In particular we’ll be asking how allowing the poem to become a vessel for conversing with the natural and nonhuman world can open new doors in poetry.
Come ready to read, write, discuss poems and also to share.