Writing the Long Poem

A two-hour craft class replay ✨

Dear Friends,

The feedback on Writing the Short Poem was so positive that I thought I’d make the companion, Writing the Long Poem, available for the month of July to Paid Subscribers.

• This two-hour session is devoted to seeing HOW poets manage long poems (3+ pages). We will consider a variety of approaches, focusing on poems in sections, long narrative poems, and series poems. I include a selection of critical perspectives, too, as we consider strategies we may apply to our own writing.

• Class exercises are designed to help you either begin or develop your own long poems.

While Writing the Short Poem was only available in June, it remains part of the Conscious Writers Collective online course vault, alongside dozens of other past courses I’ve taught, and countless “Office Hours” and group coaching sessions. I like to offer a glimpse of this programming on Substack, but CWC is entirely comprehensive: a tight-knit community of writers all working towards becoming the best versions of themselves on the page.

I very much hope you enjoy this recording. I would love to hear about any breakthroughs you had working through this class.