4 Sessions, Saturdays, June 7 to 28th, 11am-1pm Eastern

10 students max, online

$475

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Ever written something on the page and wondered if it's poetry? What makes a poem a poem?

This is a beginner-friendly, four-week, generative writing workshop for someone who has never dabbled in poetry; wants to learn more about craft and form; and seeks a structure for the chaos of one's own mind. Each week, we will focus on a specific form of poetry: sonnet, ghazal, duplex, and pantoum. We will learn the elements of form; read poets who have used form successfully to achieve the purpose of their work; then purposefully strayed away from form and its limitations. Students can expect to read and write weekly. Our reading materials will consist of craft essays and poems. Our in-class sessions will be prompt-based and students can expect to leave with a packet of poems consisting of at least one sonnet, one ghazal, one duplex, and one pantoum. 

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About the Instructor

Javeria Hasnain is a poet, translator, and educator from Karachi, and the author of SIN (Chestnut Review, 2024). She received her MFA in Poetry from The New School as a Fulbright scholar. She has previously taught at The New School, Writopia Lab Inc., and Brooklyn Poets, and is currently teaching at Habib University. Her poems have been widely published and anthologized, including in Poet Lore, Pleiades, The Margins, Foglifter, and Rattle, among more. 

Student Testimonials

• One of the most effective aspects of this course was that the professor helped to create a sense of community within the class, we could have engaging discussions on the subject matter and best of all, have fun with it, which I think makes us learn effectively and have it stick with us for a lifetime. I’ll definitely miss having her as an instructor and being in her class.

• Professor Javeria was very passionate about the course material and made the class exciting to engage with. She had a very clear vision [for the sessions], and was able to adjust the course with ease whenever needed. Professor Javeria also made this course very accessible, being over zoom, and also accessible to writers of all experiences.

• Professor Hasnain was a lovely instructor. She was very friendly and engaging, despite the fact that it is online. She is really encouraging of students to do their best work and is enthusiastic about teaching!