Organic Poetry is one way to make composition an occasion of experience. This entertaining workshop for serious writers of all levels of experience includes lively discussions, sound from interviews with poets and simple writing techniques which can be used in many settings. 

Who are you now and who are you becoming? To what do you train your attention? Organic Poetry is one way to describe the process of training your ear to capture the chaotic energy of the moment, to make composition an occasion of experience. This entertaining workshop for serious writers of all levels of experience includes lively discussions and sound from interviews with poets McClure, Myles, Rothenberg, Ginsberg, Waldman. Through a series of intensifying creative writing exercises over the day, you will develop an understanding of your own personal mythology and write at that deeper level of consciousness.

Seven (7) clock hours available for an additional $15.  Click link below for workshop fee & to register.

ABOUT PAUL NELSON

Chicago Native Paul Nelson’s a poet, father, teacher, founder of the non-profit Global Voices Radio and co-founder of SPLAB! A a broadcaster for 26 years, he interviewed hundreds of authors and poets, such as Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Michael McClure, Jean Houston, Rupert Sheldrake, Wanda Coleman, Matthew Fox, Jerome Rothenberg and others for a syndicated public affairs radio program. Having worked in radio for 26 years, Paul earned an M.A. from Lesley University on Organic Poetry, and his first book of poems, A Time Before Slaughter, was published by Apprentice House in October, 2009.

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