Multi-Week: Insley Smullen teaches You, Me, and Poetry: An Expansive Approach

What is poetry? What makes a poem a poem? Is poetry bound to the page, or does it exist elsewhere, in other forms? Join us in exploring the answers to these questions and more in this exploded, spacious, experimental class on all things poetry. We'll explore the technical definitions of poetry as well as the mechanics involved in writing it (as per traditional academia), as well as the looser, more nebulous aspects of creativity and the craft (as per inhabiting a human body on Earth). We will read and generate poems during this class, in addition to reading the works of poets on the subject of poetry with curiosity and playfulness. No experience required/recommended.

Insley Smullen is a writer and photographer living in the Bay Area, California. They received their MFA in Poetry from Hollins University, where they were a Jackson Center Fellow. Their work has appeared in orangepeel and Flocklit, and they were the winner of CutBank Magazine's 2024 Big Sky Small Prose contest. They are the author of the poetry book Dirt Gods. Find them on instagram @insleywinsley or their website, www.insleysmullen.com

This is a live Zoom class offered at 7:30pm Eastern over 4 Tuesdays starting on Tuesday, September 30th. It will be recorded and shared with students who purchase the class, with access to the recording for 3 months. Students will receive a student registration link via the email they use to purchase the class. If you want to receive your link at a different email address, please email Kyra: Kyra@metrowestwriters.org with your information.