The Magic and Mining of Metaphor

The recording will be posted due to COVID // Replay Available 10/11

Dear friends, Unfortunately, I have COVID and am not feeling up to the workshops this weekend. After that, I’m away on vacation. I will post a recording of the workshop by 10/10. Thank you for your understanding. See you for Prompted by Pop Culture on 11/3.

Metaphors are magic! Learn from award-winning poet, author, and educator Kelly Grace Thomas how to mine and create metaphors full of surprise, punch, and power. Kelly, winner of the Neil Postman Award for Metaphor from Rattle, will teach new craft approaches and generative exercises to transform your writing. We will read and discuss work from contemporary poets such as Patricia Smith, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Danez Smith, Franny Choi, Stevie Edwards, Warsan Shire, and more.

In this workshop, participants will:

• Discuss how metaphors build power

• Transform language to surprise and capture

• Dive into dynamics of diction and shifts in syntax

• Learn replicable techniques to transform writing

• Leave with three new drafts

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• Monthly workshops

• Membership to our monthly Creative Club

• Poetry, writing, & life prompts

• Personal essays

• Discounts on additional classes & editing