LILA
Write
Charleston
Susan Laughter
Meyers, instructor
Circular
Congregational Church
Registration: $30; $20 for LILA
members/students/seniors
To register: bardowl2[at]aol.com (bard+owl+2 . . .)
Like our
contemporary world, some poems are best understood as complexities. This
workshop will look at strategies for moving a poem draft from the simple to the
complex--from the linear to the braided, the multi-faceted. We'll be looking for
a variety of ways to delve into a subject that is better-served by the
complications of research, collage, associative leaps, as well as other
approaches that can enlarge and enliven the poem. And the ironic thing is this:
to complicate a poem is simple! (If you already have a chosen subject for a
poem, feel free to bring a draft or some notes/research.)
Why "complicate" a poem, you might
ask. Because certain poems--perhaps with a subject that leans toward being unwieldy--cannot contain themselves in a brief, simple, linear fashion. That's when it's time
to break the poem open to see where it wants to go, what approaches it wants to
take, who it wants to take with it, and how. We'll be exploring some of the possible
paths to take.
Please write me with any questions
you might have. As I do with all my workshops, I'll provide a class packet with
suggested writing activities, pertinent quotes, and resources for participants
to take home and turn to later for further investigation of how our
topic.
If you're in the area, I hope you can join us!
For more information about Lowcountry Initiative for the Literary Arts (LILA) events, check out the website here.
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