Love Poems

with Matthew Olzmann

Genres: Poetry

In Person

Open to all levels

1 Session

Start Date: December 3, 2022
End Date: December 3, 2022
Day of Week: Saturday
Time: 1:10 pm - 4:10 pm PT
Capacity: 15 seats
5 seats left!
Member Price: $81.00
General Price: $90.00

Why do these things feel impossible to write? How can a poem risk vulnerability without crushing us under the weight of sentimentality? Why are so many love poems so very sad? How can the abstract experience of a specific emotion be made tangible? How can you write a poem that will make someone fall in love with you? This class will answer each of those questions except for the last one. This will be a generative workshop from which we’ll hope to emerge with new poems and full hearts.

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Registration dates:

August 22: Scholarship Donation Day (Learn more.)

August 23: Member registration opens

August 30: General registration opens

Matthew Olzmann

Matthew Olzmann

Matthew Olzmann is the author of Constellation Route and two previous collections of poems. He teaches at Dartmouth College and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

Most classes are offered at a general and member tuition rates based on instruction hours, with Hugo House members receiving a 10% discount on classes fewer than six sessions.

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