Advanced Weeklong Poetry Workshop: Raising the Stakes with Mark Doty

Do you ever look at the carefully shaped poem you’ve written and sense that so much—the shining hard-to-grasp, what you felt but couldn’t say—has been left out? This workshop is designed for experienced poets who would like to deepen, complicate, and enlarge their poems. We’ll read exemplary contemporary poems, engage in in- and out-of-class writing exercises, and cheer each other on in our quest to get more of the gorgeous mess of life onto the page. You will need a notebook or laptop, a willingness to experiment, and a degree of courage, which the group will help you find if need be. Accepted participants will submit up to 4 poems by May 13, and will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with Mark during the week of class.