“…Does it extinguish — this grief
for the buds that never were,
even as others are ready to bloom?
Some are always left behind —
with matters of the heart,
we can assume sorrow...”
(from “Songs of Spring,” Terrain Tracks, Purvi Shah)
Exhilaration. Angst. Joy. Despair. Part tornado, part inertia. Getting a handle on love can be as difficult as generating a good love poem. Not that these formidable barriers have stopped us from loving or any poet from trying to express the jumble of emotions, the ineffable we call love. If you ever wanted to write a good love poem, here’s your chance. This special one-day love poetry workshop in honor of Valentine’s Day – and the days that come after – is for poets and non-poets alike, those who disdain love, and those who relish in it. Through a series of group exercises and individual rapid writing, our goals in this workshop will be to discuss what makes a good or bad love poem and get to writing so that each of us comes away with a polished draft of a poem evoking whatever kind of love or unlove we presently harbor. Workshop participants will be able to share writing with attendees, produce a poem, and have fodder to continue writing for weeks to come!
QUICK LOVE: A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP ON THE HEART’S POETRY
Saturday, February 20, 1-4 p.m.
@ The Workshop, 16 West 32nd Street Suite 10A, Between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
$40 General/ $36.00 Members
To learn more about how to register, click here, visit http://www.aaww.org or call (212) 494-0061.
Biography: Purvi Shah is the author of Terrain Tracks (New Rivers Press 2006), which won a Many Voices Project prize. Her debut poetry collection, recognized across Asian American and women’s communities, explores migration as potential and loss. She is preoccupied with the many facets of love, including its temporality and mathematics, concepts she explores in her current poetry project, Love Time(s).
for the buds that never were,
even as others are ready to bloom?
Some are always left behind —
with matters of the heart,
we can assume sorrow...”
(from “Songs of Spring,” Terrain Tracks, Purvi Shah)
Exhilaration. Angst. Joy. Despair. Part tornado, part inertia. Getting a handle on love can be as difficult as generating a good love poem. Not that these formidable barriers have stopped us from loving or any poet from trying to express the jumble of emotions, the ineffable we call love. If you ever wanted to write a good love poem, here’s your chance. This special one-day love poetry workshop in honor of Valentine’s Day – and the days that come after – is for poets and non-poets alike, those who disdain love, and those who relish in it. Through a series of group exercises and individual rapid writing, our goals in this workshop will be to discuss what makes a good or bad love poem and get to writing so that each of us comes away with a polished draft of a poem evoking whatever kind of love or unlove we presently harbor. Workshop participants will be able to share writing with attendees, produce a poem, and have fodder to continue writing for weeks to come!
QUICK LOVE: A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP ON THE HEART’S POETRY
Saturday, February 20, 1-4 p.m.
@ The Workshop, 16 West 32nd Street Suite 10A, Between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
$40 General/ $36.00 Members
To learn more about how to register, click here, visit http://www.aaww.org or call (212) 494-0061.
Biography: Purvi Shah is the author of Terrain Tracks (New Rivers Press 2006), which won a Many Voices Project prize. Her debut poetry collection, recognized across Asian American and women’s communities, explores migration as potential and loss. She is preoccupied with the many facets of love, including its temporality and mathematics, concepts she explores in her current poetry project, Love Time(s).
