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Teacher Training with Jay Deshpande thumbnail

Teacher Training with Jay Deshpande

Fall Workshops thumbnail

Fall Fellowship Applications thumbnail

Fall Fellowship Applications

Summer Drop-In Classes thumbnail

Summer Drop-In Classes

Become a Member thumbnail

Become a Member

Year in Review thumbnail

Upcoming Events

Craft Lab 8.10.25 thumbnail

Craft Lab 8.10.25

Yawp 8.11.25 thumbnail

Reading Series 8.15.25 thumbnail

Reading Series 8.15.25

Final Summer Workshops

Breathing Into the Page

Drop-In Workshops

Line/Dance: Breaking Down the Line Break with Keith Wilson thumbnail

Line/Dance: Breaking Down the Line Break with Keith Wilson

Possibilities of the Prose Poem w/ Shlagha Borah thumbnail

Possibilities of the Prose Poem w/ Shlagha Borah

Attention as Resistance w/ Kayla Schwab thumbnail

Attention as Resistance w/ Kayla Schwab

Elegies for Assassins & Alibis with Anthony Thomas Lombardi thumbnail

Elegies for Assassins & Alibis with Anthony Thomas Lombardi

First Fall Workshops

What's In An Homage: Cracking the "After" Poem thumbnail

What's In An Homage: Cracking the "After" Poem

Expanding the I: Writing the Persona Poem thumbnail

Expanding the I: Writing the Persona Poem

Clean Lines: Writing Toward Clarity, Precision and Elegance thumbnail

Clean Lines: Writing Toward Clarity, Precision and Elegance

The Magical Realist thumbnail

The Magical Realist

Scribble, List, Memo, Note, Jot: Zuihitsu and the Magic of the Banal thumbnail

Scribble, List, Memo, Note, Jot: Zuihitsu and the Magic of the Banal

For The Record: Poetry As Documentation thumbnail

For The Record: Poetry As Documentation

Righteous Rage Poetics thumbnail

Righteous Rage Poetics

The Postcolonial Poem thumbnail

The Postcolonial Poem

Everyday Exaltation: Odes for the 21st Century thumbnail

Everyday Exaltation: Odes for the 21st Century

Voice, Vernacular and the Indispensable Self thumbnail

Voice, Vernacular and the Indispensable Self

Submitting Poetry for Publication 101 thumbnail

Submitting Poetry for Publication 101

The Poets Mixed Tape thumbnail

The Poets Mixed Tape

Addressed to You: The Other Side of the I thumbnail

Addressed to You: The Other Side of the I

Oct – Nov Workshops

Writing the Poems You Need to Write thumbnail

Writing the Poems You Need to Write

As Tears Go By: Poetry, Film & Melodrama thumbnail

As Tears Go By: Poetry, Film & Melodrama

Finding and Honing Your Poetic Voice thumbnail

Finding and Honing Your Poetic Voice

Foundations of Free Verse thumbnail

Foundations of Free Verse

A Poetics of Humility: Writing Worm-Level Poems thumbnail

A Poetics of Humility: Writing Worm-Level Poems

Poetic Time: Narrative & Lyric Modes thumbnail

Poetic Time: Narrative & Lyric Modes

The Sonnet Is Trans thumbnail

The Sonnet Is Trans

Unquiet Minds: Writing Mental Illness, Madness and Neurodivergency thumbnail

Unquiet Minds: Writing Mental Illness, Madness and Neurodivergency

The Seven Gates to Awe: Writing Luminous Curiosity thumbnail

The Seven Gates to Awe: Writing Luminous Curiosity

The Imitation Game thumbnail

The Imitation Game

Hinges, Doorways, Portals: How to Transport Your Poems to Unexpected Places thumbnail

Hinges, Doorways, Portals: How to Transport Your Poems to Unexpected Places

Resurrecting the Dead: A Poet's Toolbox thumbnail

Resurrecting the Dead: A Poet's Toolbox

Put Down that Gun, You Need a Sandwich: Poetry as Prayer thumbnail

Put Down that Gun, You Need a Sandwich: Poetry as Prayer