Poetry Basis
Writing workouts primarily based on these poets will be provided. Some time in the past, we modified the name by dropping the long-used place name for where we hold our summer writing workshops. We recognize this name has a painful and derogatory legacy which has been disrespectful to the Native American group. We will call the place Olympic Valley or just the Valley. For years writers have used the old name as short-hand to check with our Writing Workshops in the summer.
But emulating one thing someone else has done, or some thought of what you should think a poem ought to be about, isn’t going to provide you a real, emotional piece that other people can connect to. The extra imagery in a poem, the more the reader can connect with it. With a free verse poem, you can set up any theme or sample you would like, or have none in any respect.
In The Guest, poet and literary translator Robin Myers explores poetry translation as process, apply, vocation, meditation, and craft. Kwame Dawes is the writer of twenty-two books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. He is Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie …