Poetry Workshop

The Elegy and the Ode–a poetry class with Emily Ransdell
Tuesdays, October 10, 24, November 7, 21, December 5, 19
10 am to Noon
Via Zoom
Tuition: Full Class $150, Audit $75
8 Student Maximum

Note: To get the most out of our limited time together, Emily will record a pre-class lesson with your first writing assignment and other logistics, which will be released on September 28th.

Any dictionary will tell you that an elegy is a poem of lament, while an ode is a poem of praise. In this class–open to all levels–we’ll read and write both, looking not so much at their differences, but at their similarities. How each encompasses the whole of living: the ordinary and the extraordinary moments in which we are touched by joy and by grief.

Each session will include close reading and discussion of two or more modern elegies and/or odes by contemporary poets such as Lucille Clifton, Sharon Olds, Toi Derricotte, Ellen Bass, Ross Gay and others. We will use those works as examples to suggest ways we might approach our own poems, which we will share and discuss as well.

This class is limited to eight students plus up to four “auditors,” who will be considered full participants in the discussion but will not bring their own poems for critique. If you are curious about poetry classes, but are not quite ready to share your own writing, this option is a safe way to explore poetry and learn more about the craft.

Four participants will share their work each session, and we will alternate so each person is workshopped three times.

About the instructor: Emily Ransdell published her debut collection, One Finch Singing, in June 2023. Her poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Poet Lore, Tar River Poetry, Terrain, River Styx, CALYX, American Life in Poetry, and elsewhere. She has been a finalist for the Rattle Poetry Prize and the New Millennium Writing Award. She divides her time between Camas, Washington and Manzanita, Oregon, where she has taught poetry classes at the Hoffman Center for the Arts. In addition to teaching, Emily is an active volunteer in the Hoffman Center’s writing program.

Expired Elegy and Ode Poetry Workshop

Name: Elegy and Ode Poetry Workshop
Start: 2023-10-10T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2023-10-10T12:00:00-07:00
Location: Virtual Meeting

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Full
October 10, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Audit
October 10, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Full
October 24, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Audit
October 24, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Full
November 7, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Audit
November 7, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Full
November 21, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Full
December 5, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Full
December 19, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Audit
November 21, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Audit
December 5, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Audit
December 19, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Learn about and practice elegies and odes, led by Emily Ransdell.

Venue: Virtual Meeting

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Poetry Workshop

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