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ON ZOOM: Ekphrastic Poetry: The Poetry of Image and Art   

***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. 

 

This class is not available at this time.  

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