This class hinges on two interlinked questions: What practices are already in place in your lives? What openings might there be for more intention and propulsive habit in your respective days?
In "Creating a Meaningful Practice for Poets," we'll talk about the constraints that determine our daily activities as well as our dreams for abundant creativity. We'll use the tools we currently have—and find dynamic ways to bolster them—in the pursuit of poetry writing. While each individual participant may set different goals for their four weeks of poetry writing, reading, and thinking—and the supportive framework that facilitates acts of imagination—we will work to support each other in our distinct habits, rituals, and modes of inquiry. Class time will function as a shared offering of reading and writing prompts, peer feedback, and momentum to encourage us to make the most of our days between classes—whatever that might look like.
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AM Ringwalt is a writer and musician whose work appears in Jacket2, Music & Literature, and Black Warrior Review. Called "rich with emotion" by Pitchfork, "Summer Angel" is out now on Dear Life Records. "The Wheel," her hybrid memoir, was published by Spuyten Duyvil. "What Floods" is forthcoming from Inside the Castle.
"AM Ringwalt is a caring and attentive instructor, with a great eye for the type of poetry we want to write and we want to feel. It's a pleasure knowing her as a person and an even greater one studying with her as a teacher."
"AM Ringwalt really opened my eyes to the beauty of literature. The poem I wrote in her workshop really showed me how greatly I’m influenced by people and environment. I’m trying to learn how to write better and hearing AM quote some of my words really made me happy. Thanks for the encouraging words."
"I loved taking class with AM. She brought insight while at the same time acknowledged and valued the insights of classroom participants as equal to her own. The pacing of the class was great and it never dragged or rushes."
