TUESDAYS, Sept. 2nd - 23rd | What happens when we treat memory like a map and the poem as a compass? In this generative workshop, we’ll explore the boundary between observation and emotion—between what we notice and what we carry. Drawing from dreams, memory, daily life, and cultural inheritance, we’ll create poems that blur the line between reportage and revelation. Think of this course as poetic fieldwork: a place to record what’s often left unsaid and to write toward what feels both personal and true.
We’ll study accessible, powerful poems by writers like Safia Elhillo, Camonghne Felix, Aracelis Girmay, and Layli Long Soldier, paying close attention to how they use memory, restraint, and image to shape meaning. Each session will include generative prompts, optional sharing, light craft discussion, and space to reflect on how your own voice lives on the page.
Whether you're a returning poet or just beginning to trust your voice, this class will help you write what lingers, what’s been buried, and what’s still dreaming.
By the end of this course, students will: