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Explore Four Japanese Poets: Inspiration from International Voices with Veronica Golos
September 3 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm CDT
$200
Wednesday(s), September 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2025, 6:30-8:30pm CT, online via Zoom
Nonmember $200; Member $170; Student/Educator/Military $140
*EARN CPEs
TWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
In a time of worldwide strife and disconnection, poetry reacquaints us with humanity in a way that transcends borders, time zones, and languages. Join master poetry teacher Veronica Golos on an international poetry tour. Next stop: Japan!
In this four-week generative poetry workshop, we will read, discuss deeply, and draw our inspiration from foundational poets Kobayashi Issa, Izumi Shikibu, and contemporary poets Yuki Tanaka and Shizuka Omori. Yuki Tanaka, and Shizuka Omori. We will explore each poet’s craft tools and apply these techniques to our work. Participants will receive a packet with poems and suggestions for developing their writing.
This class is open to writers of all skill levels 18+.
Students will:
- Write poems that follow the selected poet’s structure and theme
- Receive on-the-spot feedback for written work
Read Veronica’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!
Veronica Golos is the author of four poetry books: GIRL, awarded the Naji Naaman Honor Prize in 2019; Rootwork, winner of the 2016 Southwest Book Design Award in Poetry; Vocabulary of Silence, a 2011 New Mexico Book Award winner that was translated into Arabic, Spanish and Persian; and A Bell Buried Deep, a Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize winner. She teaches poetry for Hugo House, Gemini Ink, and SOMOS. She reviews poetry books for Tupelo Press and works as a manuscript editor. She lives in Taos, New Mexico, with her husband, David Pérez.
