Haunted Poems Independent version

Independent course (7 weeks)

Asynchronous, Wet.Ink

In this generative workshop, we’ll write poems of haunted-ness and hauntings, of people we’ve ghosted and the ones that haunt us, places we can’t return to and the ones we can’t leave, items we’ll never get back and things that seem to multiply or re-appear no matter how many times we try to get rid of them. We’ll use prompts with model texts by poets Kristina Marie Darling, Dana Levin, Lisa Sewell, Helen Ivory, James Wright, Shane McCrae and Joy Harjo, paired with optional short listening/watching assignments to open up a different way to summon/speak to our ghosts. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have 6-7 newly drafted poems.