Workshop: Write without Fear. Edit without Mercy.
Instructor: Tresha Faye Haefner
Date: Thursday, April 10
Time: 6:00-8:00pm Eastern
Please note: This is a Virtual Workshop held via Zoom.
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Workshop Description:
One reviewer said of Kim Addonizio’s work that not a word was unnecessary or out of place. How do poets write poems where every word feels essential? In this workshop, we will look at poets such as Addonizio, Hayes, Oxenhandler, Myles as examples. Then, we will generate some writing and edit it down without mercy. Participants will be challenged to both say the unsayable, and then murder many of their darlings* until their poems are trimmed down to the most surprising, essential language. (*no darlings will actually be harmed in the writing of these poems.)
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About The Instructor:
Tresha Faye Haefner is an award-winning poet, performer, educator and general facilitator of the fun times. Her work has been widely published and garnered several awards, including the Robert and Adele Schiff Poetry Prize, and the Pangea Prize. Her first book, When the Moon Had Antlers (Pine Row Press, 2024) was a finalist for the Glass Lyre Poetry Prize. She is best described as an eco-poet, travel-poet, and performance poet. She writes words for the stage, page, coffee shop, words for sitting under a tree alone, and words for reading to someone you love while rowing them down a river towards dawn.
In addition to writing her own poems about nature and other mysteries, her most important role is to help others feel safe and inspired to write work of their own. Most importantly, she is founder of The Poetry Salon, an online learning community where poets meet to share inspiration, education and support as they write together and cheer one another on! You can get new information, updates and invitations to events at The Poetry Salon by joining The Poetry Salon on Substack at ThePoetrySalonStack.Substack.com.
Sounds great – my goals exactly!