Join us for an exclusive three-part virtual workshop series with Kentucky Poet Laureate Kathleen Driskell, hosted by KSPS. Each session focuses on a different element of poetic craft and includes practical takeaways that poets of all levels can apply to their own writing practice.
Session 1: The Italian Sonnet and Its Enduring Flexibility
Saturday, August 9th | 11am to noon EST
Join Kentucky Poet Laureate Kathleen Driskell as she discusses the fascinating history of the Italian Sonnet and how she relies on the form to write new poems when she’s stuck. Takeaways? Attendees will learn how to use similar strategies to create shapely unified poems of their own, especially helpful when the dreaded writer’s drought surfaces. This session will be capped at 55 registrants.
Session 2: Revision Checklists
Saturday, October 4th | 11am to noon EST
Join Kentucky Poet Laureate Kathleen Driskell as she discusses strategies for revising poems, using a checklist that she’s developed throughout her writing career. Takeaways? Attendees will pick and choose, and come up with their own strategies, creating their own revision checklists that will help them unify their own poems. This session will be capped at 55 registrants.
Session 3: Meaning-Making Sentences for Our Poems
Saturday, December 6th | 11am to noon EST
Join Kentucky Poet Laureate Kathleen Driskell as she discusses how her ideas on form and content help her pick, choose, and deploy sentences appropriate in syntax and sound in order to make meaning for our poems. Takeaways? Attendees will revisit and learn new rhetorical and syntactical strategies to put to use in their own poems. This session will be capped at 55 registrants.
While these events are free, we welcome donations via PayPal to support KSPS programming and honor our Kentucky Laureate’s time and talent. Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated. Suggested donation: $25.
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