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Writing Accessible Poems

Writing Pad East
Los Angeles , CA

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When most people hear the word poetry, their eyes glaze over. Not when veteran poet Ron Koertge is in the house. In the hands of a master, words become delicate instruments, allowing the fusion of sound, sensory experience, sybolism, and humor. In this one day class. Ron will help you find your inner Rimbaud, through fun in-class exercises and targeted workshopping. You'll learn what you need for your poems to sing, and by the end of class you'll have some great feedback on one of your poems and have learned how to write an irresistible sonnet. Your poems will penetrate the most hardened heart. Quill not included.

Instructor: Ron Koertge
Sunday, November 8, 2014
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $80 (includes continental breakfast and snacks)
Location: Writing Pad East (688 S. Santa Fe, Apt. 312, Los Angeles, CA 90021)
Limited to 10 students

About Ron Koertge:
Ron Koertge is an award-winning author of over 19 novels and 16 books of poetry. Ron won multiple ALA awards for his YA fiction and has gotten several Booklist started reviews. He also received the P.E.N. prize for his book "Stoner and Spaz", a N.E.A. fellowship for poetry, and his poetry has been included twice in The Best American Poetry. Some of his Young Adult novels include the following books published by Candlewick Press: "Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses", "Now Playing: Stoner and Spaz II", "Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs", "Margaux With An X", "Shakespeare Bats Cleanup", and "Where The Kissing Never Stops". Ron's Red Hen Press poetry books include "Indigo" and "Fever". His University of Arkansas Press poetry books include "Geography Of the Forehead" and "Making Love to Roget's Wife". Ron was a staff writer for one season of "Hill Street Blues." He taught writing and English literature for more than 35 years at Pasadena City College and taught at the MFA program at Vermont College for four years. He now teaches in the MFA program at Hamline University. He holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MA from the University of Arizona.