Writing Workshop
Poetry Masterclass
with Greg Delanty:
Releasing Two Birds (and Even More) from the One Cage
Wednesday, 15 February - Saturday, 18 February
Daily from 9.30am - 12.30pm
Cost €150/ €120 with purchase of tickets for all readings.
Venue: The Munster Literature Centre, 84 Douglas St, Cork
Max: 10 students
To book: info(at)munsterlit(dot)ie or phone 021-431 2955.
Workshop 1: Imagery and the Senses
Artists physicalize the abstract. A regular question people ask is “how are your spirits?” and people answer without thinking that they feel good or bad or not too bad. But where are their spirits? Has anybody seen, felt, heard, touched, smelled a spirit? We will talk about how the poet physicalizes
abstract notions such as the spirit, love, happiness, and sadness via language.
Workshop 2: Making it New (or Renewing) and Leaving a Gap
The title of these workshops is Releasing Two Birds (and Even More) from the One Cage. We as writers show the world in a new way, breaking from cliché. This is not as easy as it may seem. This workshop will examine the devices and ways, such as metaphor and simile, of making it new, of showing the world in a new way. This is probably the most fundamental attribute of an artist. We will also talk about leaving space in the poem, of how what we leave out is as important as what we include.
Workshop 3: Sound
We will work on how the sound of words can work with the literal meaning of a poem. How everything in a poem must be working in sync.
Workshop 4: Form
Another aspect of working in sync with the literal meaning of the poem is the form. We will examine a traditional form poem, an open form poem, and a mixture of both and see how each is integral to the literal meaning of that poem.
If we accomplish all this, we will have released at least five birds from the one cage
