Writing Under the Influence
Date:
With:
Kevin Brophy
Rating:
ALL
Summary:
Read and discuss poems by poets with distinctive and strong styles, concentrating on matters of technique. Write your own works either inspired or provoked by these poems.
Details
Explore questions of line length, stanza breaks, imagery, rhythmical effects, integrity and ideology.
Wednesdays 3, 10 & 17 May, 5.30 - 8.30pm
You will learn
- to read and discuss poems
- to offer constructive feedback to other poets on drafts of poems
- to receive feedback in a constructive and collegial spirit
- to identify some poetic techniques
- to write under influence
About Kevin Brophy
Kevin Brophy is author of fifteen books of poetry, fiction and essays. He is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne. His latest books are ‘This is What Gives Us Time’ and the chapbook ‘Misericordia’. In 2015 he was poet in residence at the BR Whiting Library in Rome. He is a member of the small, independent poetry publishing house, Five Islands Press.
This course was previously advertised under a different price. The information on this page is correct.
Venue:
Registration for this event ended on 03 May 2017 - 4:00