Poetry off the Page: Turning Objects into Poetry
Taught by Jessica Morton and Katherine Fisher
Ages 10-14, 10 students
Tuesday, February 9, 2010: 6-7:30pm
It's easy to think about a poem being on a page. Or being read aloud. What about walking through a forest and seeing a single word engraved on a tree? That's a poem too, and it's the sort that Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay (littlesparta.co.uk) was famous for. In this workshop, we're going to think about Finlay's approach to poetry and how it can be that just one particularly apt word or phrase, engraved on an object, can create meaning and beauty. Then we'll each make a poem like this by etching glass. Your poems will be an art exhibit at 826michigan following the workshop, and after every Ann Arborite has had ample opportunity to admire your work, you'll get to keep it.
Jessica Morton is a second-year PhD student in English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan. She likes campaigning for the recognition of under-appreciated artists, starting ineffably large projects, and discovering poetry in random places (like carved into trees).
Katherine Fisher is also a second-year PhD student in the same program. She likes collections (especially poetry collections), robot choirs, and contemplating the alternative career path of spy.
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Poetry off the Page: Turning Objects into Poetry
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