Please note: this event will take place online.
What happens when a poem is confused past the point of recognition? Do you still have a poem? When various facets within a poem interact, how do we deal with information that is disruptive to a singular meaning? Cole Swenson says that complete certainty suppresses the imagination. In “Noise That Stays Noise,” Swenson sometimes speaks of the poem as if it were a complex information system; the poem is coherent within itself, but challenged by its own composition of other smaller, noise-generative systems.
In this workshop, we will read aloud and discuss segments from the essay “Noise That Stays Noise,” and then do collaborative writing and editing exercises.
Poets with some experience will get the most out of this workshop, though all are welcome. We endeavour to go at a pace that suits everyone who joins. This workshop is intended to free up inhibitions around producing poems that are not "straight-forward," and to encourage analogical thinking, reading and writing.
Participants need not bring anything, links will be sent for a group exercise document as well as the reading. They may, however, wish to have a pad of paper and pen for personal notes.
TW: Mention of death/violence in poem examples
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About the facilitator:
Crista Siglin is a multidisciplinary artist and poet based in Berlin, Germany. She grew up in the Midwestern United States and was awarded a BFA in Painting and Creative Writing from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2015. She is currently a poetry editor for SAND Journal Berlin, and runs Poetry As__A Workshop. Her second book of poetry, Unpleasable Nature, was released in 2020 by Vegetarian Alcoholic Press.
Ticket info:
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This event is for ages 16+ and will be held online. You will need a good internet connection and a laptop/computer/mobile device to join us.
There will be 10 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, attendees will participate in: reading out loud, writing, sharing work that has been created in the workshop, film clips, visual presentations.
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