Found Forms: Writing Scavenged Poems

Workshop Description

This workshop will explore techniques and forms of found poetry: subtractive poetry (erasure and blackout), collage (inclusion of mixed visual media), wordplay (anagrams, homophonic translation, N+7, and other generative techniques), golden shovels, and centos derived from both poetic and non-poetic sources. Ample opportunity to write to prompts and to share and respond to work. Once one comes to realize poetry is everywhere, one never lacks inspiration!

Workshop Details

Spring 2024 INFO COMING VERY SOON!
Six sessions with Chad Frame on Zoom
Wednesday Nights from 8:00 to 9:30 PM (ET)
Dates: TBA
$210.00

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Workshop Facilitator:

Chad Frame is the author of of Little Black Book, nominated for the Lambda Literary Award, and Smoking Shelter, winner of the Moonstone Chapbook Contest. He is the Director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program, a Poet Laureate Emeritus of Montgomery County, PA, a founding member of the No River Twice poetry/improv performance troupe, and the founder of the Caesura Poetry Festival. His work appears in Rattle, Strange Horizons, Pedestal, Barrelhouse, Rust+Moth, on iTunes from the Library of Congress, and is archived on the moon with The Lunar Codex. Chad has taught poetry and prose workshops at Rosemont College, Arcadia University, In the Company of Laureates, the Caesura Poetry Festival, the Philadelphia Writers' Conference, Main Line School Nights, the Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County, and many more venues.

Comments

“I had a good time and learned some great techniques for generating poetry.”

“Chad gave us so many wonderful generative techniques that I have continued to use over the next few weeks. The class also inspired me to begin a longer erasure poetry project that has a mixed media element.”

Found Poetry with Chad Frame is simply a blast! It's like playing in a sandbox with your poems--the ultimate word play! Chad is so welcoming and such a wonderful resource. I learned so many fun things about how to get "unstuck" as a writer that I continue to use. The sense of community in the class was something to look forward to each week. Whether you are a new or experienced poet, this workshop is a wonderful way to broaden your "skills set" as Chad would say, and offers so many different ways to stretch and enrich your imagination.

“I didn’t know much about Found poetry before this course and it was a very fun way to learn about writing erasure poems and centos especially. Chad Frame was very good at giving us all enough time and space to engage with himself and each other as well as giving us a great deal of great information about writing Found Poetry.”

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Discount: RHR Discount does not apply to this workshop.

Refunds: Up to one week prior to the workshop start date, full refund minus $15 processing fee. After that time, there are no refunds.

Workshop sessions are not recorded, nor are there make up sessions.