Night Writer: Singing about the Dark Times

In this class, we’ll leap forward in the ways that Brecht’s poem encourages us to sing about the darkness. We’ll write the known grief of the world, and its remedies. We’ll explore the delights and perils of literal darkness. We’ll write poems of resistance and resilience, inspired by broad explorations of themes well known to poets: the moon, night life, insomnia, dreams and more. This class is mostly generative in nature, so expect to do as much reading as fits in your schedule, a tiny bit of discussion, and a lot of writing, the work born of our sorrows and strengths to be shared and cheered on by our weekly live readarounds, and through light comments on Wet.Ink.

*If you prefer not to join us live, that's fine! Google Meets are optional, and all course material can be taken asynchronously, including comments.