POET CAMP Registration
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Very Short & Very Very Short Poems
with Chen Chen
Sunday, May 31
2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Eastern Time
$50 Full / $25 Scholarship
*Live on Google Meet. This workshop will be recorded.
Brevity is the soul of wit, said William (you know which one), but my soul (and maybe yours?) struggles to be brief. In this generative session we will look at model poems (brilliant brevities!) by Linda Gregg, Lucille Clifton, Leila Chatti, Jenny George, Victoria Chang, and Kevin Bertolero. We’ll discuss the various challenges that short forms present and various strategies or lyric windows through those hurdles. In between each handful of poems, we’ll write. Participants can expect to draft at least three new pieces and there will be time at the end to share a snippet of what you’ve made (totally optional, of course). Whether you adore writing short poems or find them daunting (or both!) we’ll read, talk, and do our dreamiest.
Sarah note: If the reduced rate would enable you to join us, please use that link. No questions asked! Please pay what you’re able. <3
Chen Chen is the author of two books of poetry, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (BOA Editions, 2022) and When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017), which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. His work appears in many publications, including Poetry and three editions of The Best American Poetry. He has received two Pushcart Prizes and fellowships from Kundiman, the National Endowment for the Arts, and United States Artists. He was the 2018-2022 Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University and currently teaches for the low-residency MFA programs at New England College and Stonecoast. He lives with his partner, Jeff Gilbert, and their pug, Mr. Rupert Giles.
Very Short & Very Very Short Poems - Full Rate $50
Very Short & Very Very Short Poems - Reduced Rate $25
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