This workshop was offered in 2022. See this year’s workshops.
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Reverb: Writing Poems that Resonate
Writing Workshop in New Jersey
January 14-17, 2022
Led by J. C. Todd
How do we write a poem that reverberates with language, image, incident and sound? In this workshop, we’ll jump-start our work using strategies that access the associations stirring below the surface of conscious thought. Inspiring model poems, discussions about our writing processes and generative exercises will rouse us to write new poems or revise old pieces. Giving and receiving encouraging feedback will show us how our work resonates with other readers. Beginning and experienced writers welcome in this safe and supportive space.
*Limited to just 10 participants.*
“This conference is a gift. It permits a writer to take risks without concern for impressing or competing. It gave me the space to imagine and experiment. This is a community that is generous and encouraging while also being honest. A great relief.”
~ Amy, Poetry Workshop Participant
J. C. Todd
J. C. Todd is author of five books of poetry, including Beyond Repair, a special selection in the Able Muse Press contest, and The Damages of Morning (Moonstone Press), a 2019 Eric Hoffer Award finalist. Winner of the Rita Dove Prize in Poetry and twice a finalist for Poetry Society of America annual awards, she has held fellowships from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and others. Her poems have appeared in the American Poetry Review, Baltimore Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Paris Review and Virginia Quarterly Review. She has taught in the MFA Program at Rosemont College, the Creative Writing Program at Bryn Mawr College and the English Department at Kutztown University. She lives in Philadelphia. Learn more on her website.
