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Poems Have Their Own Mythology

Write poems rooted in traditional and personal mythologies by engaging with poetry texts and prompts.

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Poems Have Their Own Mythology

Poems Have Their Own Mythology

Write poems rooted in traditional and personal mythologies by engaging with poetry texts and prompts.

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This four-week generative and analytic course will guide you in writing poems inspired by mythology and lore. You’ll learn how traditional narratives can intertwine with your own obsessions and emotional landscape. By examining contemporary texts and experimenting with prompts, you'll build an understanding of how the places and people in your poetry can alter traditional mythologies and create their own internal world.

Week 1: Tradition and Lore
Week 2: Wonder and Obsessions
Week 3: On Lament
Week 4: The New Myth

We'll create a safe, exploratory, and constructive environment with space for discussion, writing, and guidance for bolstering your own writing practices. Some readings will be assigned.

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Ages 14 and up are welcome. 

Instructor
Carrie Aberle

Carrie Aberle (Carrie Beyer) is a poet and essayist whose writing has appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including Prairie Schooner, Image, Iron Horse Literary Review (as a NaPoMo finalist), Figure 1, Cream City Review, Boulevard, and others. Her unpublished poetry collection Prophet Mother was a finalist for the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize. She received her MFA from Pacific University and was a 2022 fellow in the Jack Straw Writers Program. Carrie has been a teaching assistant of creative writing at Seattle University and holds a post-MFA certificate in teaching creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. She is currently writing a memoir about growing up in a religious sect in rural Kansas. Carrie has lived with her family on Bainbridge Island for 10 years. You can find her online at carrieaberle.com and on Instagram @carrie.aberle.

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