***This class will be presented via Zoom***
In this poetry workshop, we will explore poems based on visual art, sculpture, music and dance. Topics include:
- Fifteen Ways to approach ekphrastic poetry
- How to give your reader entrance to the art
- Writing poems inspired by music
- Writing poems inspired by dance
- Virtuoso Editing Techniques
Poetry is the language of the soul. It’s a powerful technique to access your inner wisdom and express it with power and beauty. Diane Frank provides a safe and supportive environment to create and share poems. She works closely and personally with each writer to help you break through to a deeper level of expression.
Week 1:
- Introduction to Ekphrastic Poetry.
- Going beyond what you see in the painting.
- Fifteen ways to approach ekphrastic poetry.
- Introduction to the virtual art gallery.
- The Writer’s Toolbox
- Free Write and reading circle.
Week 2:
- Poems inspired by music.
- Five ways to approach poems inspired by music.
- Youtube links for music to inspire poems.
- The Writer’s Toolbox
- A gentle approach to workshopping poems.
- Workshop of poems by course participants.
Week 3:
- Guest poet: Stewart Florsheim
- Discussion of ways to enter an ekphrastic poem based on visual art.
- The Writer’s Toolbox: Virtuoso Editing Techniques
- Workshop of poems by course participants.
Week 4:
- Poems inspired by dance.
- Ways to approach poems inspired by dance.
- Point of View: The dancer, the observer, or from the inside.
- Providing entrance, rather than judging the performance
- The Writer’s Toolbox: Virtuoso Editing Techniques
- Workshop of poems by course participants.
Week 5:
- Quotes by artists about their creative process.
- Discussion of the freedom to be inventive.
- How adding ekphrastic poems to a book takes the whole book to a new level.
- The Writer’s Toolbox: Where in the art does your idea jump off?
- Workshop of poems by course participants.
Week 6:
- Ways to stay inspired and keep writing.
- Exploring the mystery of language.
- Workshop of poems by course participants.
