Honey Workshops
Axels of Endless Voltas:
A Sonnet Sequences Workshop
March 28th and April 4th, 6:00–8:00 PM Central
The Triple Sonnet is Dorothy Chan’s “Triple Axel” of Poetry
Dorothy Chan's signature form is the Triple Sonnet. In this two-part course, they will first guide students on how to make and break the sonnet form, using some of their favorite contemporary examples. After all, the sonnet is their “axel of endless volta,” and they look forward to exploring how to build that eternal turn within the bite-sized form and its many variations. Chan will guide attendees on generative techniques and practices for sonnet writing. Attendees are free to bring a current sonnet or sonnet sequence draft to continuously note take and revise during this session.
After this first class, students will be instructed to complete a sonnet or sonnet sequence and email it to Chan before the next session on April 4th. At the end of this course, attendees will be given substantial revision notes on their sonnets and sonnet sequences, as well as techniques for future sonnets.
Lipstick, Lipgloss, Chapbook! Workshop
April 6th and April 13th, 1:00–3:00 PM Central
Lipstick, Lipgloss, Chapbook! is Dorothy Chan’s poetry version of Lights, Camera, Action!
Lines of poetry are like camera angles. As poets, we’re always anticipating that perfect volta on and off the page. Zooming in and out of specific images also makes for memorable poems, as we lure in the audience. The great Alberto Ríos once said: “The best line of the poem is the line that I am reading; and that does not exclude the title.” This chapbook workshop will follow Ríos idea in both micro (the individual poem) and macro (the whole chapbook) ways.
If the best line of the poem is the line that you are reading, then the best poem of the chapbook is the poem that you are reading. Phew. That’s a lot of pressure! In this chapbook workshop, EIC Dorothy Chan will not only demystify the whole chapbook creation process, but also teach techniques on poetic form and surprise. If you are either currently working on a chapbook or have a series of related poems ready for a chapbook, then this workshop is for you!
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