Poems are traditionally imagined as having line breaks and stanzas, but poets have been breaking that mold for centuries, from Baudelaire to Don Mee Choi, from Gertrude Stein to Haryette Mullen. 

What happens when we leave the line behind but bring other components of poetry—rhythm, lyricism, figurative language, sensory detail, and emotional perception—to the paragraph, the block of text, and other "not-poem" shapes? This is a course for poets who want to stretch their use of form, prose writers who want to stretch their use of language, and every curious writer in between. We will read, write, and workshop poetic language that comes in many shapes and sizes.

Instructor: Dasia Moore

Dates: Begins Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 and runs every Monday for six weeks

Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Level: Beginner and above

Location: Golden Fig Books, 2706 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd., Durham

8 seats max

$615: true price

$349: base price

$374, $399, $449: donate an extra $25, $50, or $100 to our scholarship fund

(Returning students receive 10 percent off).

A note on pricing:  the “true price” reflects the true cost of the class, which includes paying a fair wage to our staff and instructors, rental fees for the Redbud headquarters and for the community spaces where we host our classes, website and administrative/commerce fees, outreach and advertising to spread the word about our offerings, and the coordination and administration for our community classes, which serve people who could not otherwise access creative writing. We’re not a university or a large corporation and that means we don’t have an operating budget we can rely on; we’re proud to be a small, local, women- and minority-run business that is passionate about bringing the transformative power of the arts to our community. Your tuition helps Redbud with the critical work of keeping the arts accessible to the public. 

We also offer students a chance to donate to our scholarship fund. At check-out, you will be given the option of choosing a donor price. If you choose one of these prices, the extra $25, $50, or $100 will go towards scholarships for students who would not be able to afford our classes otherwise.  Thank you in advance for considering making a contribution to inclusivity and access!

Read the fine print, including our refund policy, here.