Write Your Best Poems in Toward Your Poetic Vision
Toward Your Poetic Vision offers a rich grounding in the life and craft of a poet. You’ll learn about the essentials of poetry craft, yes—but also about poetry’s movements and lineages, how language functions in a poem, how to revise your work, and how to craft poetry according to your own poetic vision.
Become a confident, inspired poet whose work captures what you’ve been yearning to express. The course includes 6 video interviews with Writers.com's instructors and hundreds of poetry prompts to write inspired poetry. You will end the course having written your best poems yet and with a profound connection to your own poetic identity.
The course is self-guided and evergreen, so you can access the materials whenever you like—they never expire!—and work through them at your own pace. Learn more and enroll here:
https://writers.com/course/toward-your-poetic-vision
Find Your Voice in Poetry’s History with Discover Your Poetic Lineage
Discover Your Poetic Lineage teaches you the history of contemporary poetry. Poets will learn about the major movements that have shaped the past 200 years of English-language poetry—with prompts and inspiration to find your place in the canon.
Write poetry in conversation with the canon. The course includes dozens of craft essays to learn about poetry’s histories, plus hundreds of poetry prompts to write inspired poetry.
The course is self-guided and evergreen, so you can access the materials whenever you like—they never expire!—and work through them at your own pace. Learn more and enroll here:
Past Teaching
Past courses I’ve taught include:
Give Me a World: Writing Worldbuilding Poetry—1-day workshop
A 1-day workshop on metaphors transformative potential to create radical new worlds in poetry. (Poetry Society of New York)
Writing Monstrous Poetry—6-week and 1-day classes
A 6-week course on using monster figures to understand your self, your identity, and your place in the world. (Poets House)
https://poetshouse.org/event/6-week-workshop-sean-glatch-writing-monstrous-poetry/
A 1-day workshop that introduces poets to the poetic possibilities of Monster Theory. (Jersey City Writers)
https://www.meetup.com/the-jersey-city-writers-meetup-group/events/316064649/