Are you a fan of the strange, the unusual, and the uncanny? The French Modernist poet Charles Baudelaire said “Le beau est toujours bizarre.” (The beautiful is always bizarre.) Like this quote indicates, the strange and uncanny in lines of poetry surprise, add mystery, and add an air of spontaneity to any poem. But how does the poet craft works that live up to this axiom? In this poetry and nonfiction workshop you will be encouraged to approach writing to lead your readers into the unexpected. We will be looking at various strategies to invigorate our poetry with the unexpected, the strange, and the weird.
We will read texts that employ erasures, excavations, stream of consciousness, and “found” language. Together we will use these methods to texture our language and to push our own capabilities as poets and writers to the brink of our imaginations and then some. The goal is for the student to create new works that excite and reflect the bizarre nature of the process.
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