Date: Thursdays, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27
Format: Elk Rapids Library and Online via Zoom
Time: Class on 1/23 and 2/27 are in person from 5-7PM; remaining classes are held via Zoom from 5:30-7:30 PM
Class Size: 10-12
Grade Level: High School; Grades 9-12
This class will ask us to think like naturalists discovering various poems for the first time. Instead of “understanding” a poem, we will instead closely observe what’s there on the page, take notes, and think about how the various parts (diction, image, metaphor, line, etc.) work together (or against each other) to form the whole. We will also practice writing our own poems using the things we learn through a series of playful prompts and exercises. We will discover rules, break rules, make mistakes, and learn to think like poets.
All enrolled students will have the opportunity to publish work in the 2025 issue of the National Writers Series’ Literary Journal.
This is a hybrid class: the first (Jan. 23) and last (Feb. 27) meeting will be in person at the Elk Rapids Library from 5-7 PM; the remaining classes will be held on Zoom from 5:30-7:30 PM.
About: David Hornibrook
David Hornibrook is the author of Night Manual (Wayne State University Press, 2019), winner of the Moveen Prize in Poetry. His work was also the receipient of a Pushcart Prize and has been published in a variety of places including The Windsor Review, Juked, Third Coast, and Thrush Poetry Journal. David holds an MFA from the Helen Zell Writer’s Program and lives in Petoskey, Michigan.
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