Poetry is Not a Luxury: Writing as Essential Act

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In her essay, “Poetry is Not a Luxury,” Audre Lorde tells us that poetry “is a vital necessity of our existence.” Still, many of us struggle to get to our writing with regularity. Our list of reasons is long, variable, and real: day jobs, babies, finals, illness, family obligations, fear of failure—sheer exhaustion.

In this four-module self-paced workshop, you’re going to write anyway. You’ll apply the tenets of Lorde’s essay to your own writing lives and, in her sage words, “pursue [y]our magic and make it real.”

You’ll drink deeply from the well of inspiration by reading and listening to poems by a wide range of contemporary poets including Yusef Komunyakaa, Ada Limón, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Maggie Smith, Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison, Chloe Honum, and Lucille Clifton, to name a few.

Each lesson offers a generative writing prompt and a revision-based prompt for those not-quite-there-yet-poems gathering dust in your bottom desk drawer.

Shortly after you Add to Cart, you will receive an email containing an invitation to create an account and begin learning. Note: This class does not include feedback or interaction with the instructor or other learners, and is accessible for thirty days. If more time is needed, just contact us.

👉 This offering now lives at the Academy of Intentional Magic. View offering →

In her essay, “Poetry is Not a Luxury,” Audre Lorde tells us that poetry “is a vital necessity of our existence.” Still, many of us struggle to get to our writing with regularity. Our list of reasons is long, variable, and real: day jobs, babies, finals, illness, family obligations, fear of failure—sheer exhaustion.

In this four-module self-paced workshop, you’re going to write anyway. You’ll apply the tenets of Lorde’s essay to your own writing lives and, in her sage words, “pursue [y]our magic and make it real.”

You’ll drink deeply from the well of inspiration by reading and listening to poems by a wide range of contemporary poets including Yusef Komunyakaa, Ada Limón, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Maggie Smith, Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison, Chloe Honum, and Lucille Clifton, to name a few.

Each lesson offers a generative writing prompt and a revision-based prompt for those not-quite-there-yet-poems gathering dust in your bottom desk drawer.

Shortly after you Add to Cart, you will receive an email containing an invitation to create an account and begin learning. Note: This class does not include feedback or interaction with the instructor or other learners, and is accessible for thirty days. If more time is needed, just contact us.

 

Teaching Artist

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Kim Noriega

Kim Noriega is the author of the poetry collection, Name Me published by Fortunate Daughter Press. Her poems have appeared in textbooks, journals, and anthologies including: American Life in Poetry, Paris-Atlantic, Split Lip, and The Tishman Review. She was the winner of San Miguel Literary Sala’s 2017 Flash Nonfiction Prize, a finalist for the 2017 Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Prize, and one of 30 poets selected to collaborate with 30 film artists as a part of the 2018 Visible Poetry Project.

Ms. Noriega teaches children, teens, and adults in public libraries and recovery homes and was a finalist for the 2017 Toyota National Family Teacher of the Year Award. She lives in San Diego where she heads San Diego Public Library’s family literacy program. More at kimnoriega.com.