{"title":"Workshops","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"poetics-summer-workshop-2026","title":"POETICS Summer Workshop 2026","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegistration opens May 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e$600 early (Till July 31st) · $750 standard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA five-session live workshop on the vocabulary of poetics, taught by Tamarah Rockwood, publisher of Bainbridge Island Press. Capped at twelve poets. Live on Zoom, Sept through Oct 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBainbridge Island Press has been named to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriter's Digest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 101 Best Websites for Writers 2026, listed at the top of the Poetry section alongside Rattle and Poets.org.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorkshop overview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe POETICS Summer Workshop is a five-session craft and feedback workshop designed to give participants a working vocabulary for what they are already doing on the page. Across five sessions, participants will study twenty terms from the classical and contemporary craft tradition, applying each term to teaching poems in lecture and to their own drafts in workshop and feedback.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a live, generative workshop with a strict twelve-poet cap. It is not a self-paced course or a recorded lecture series. Every session meets in real time on Zoom for 120 minutes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSession structure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach 120-minute session is divided into three parts:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e60 minutes of close lecture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on four vocabulary terms, each anchored in a teaching poem. Lectures draw from the POETICS Substack essay archive.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e30 minutes of small-group breakout\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in three Zoom rooms of four poets each, applying the session's vocabulary to a peer's submitted poem.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e30 minutes of full-room discussion or open mic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Sessions 2 through 5 conclude with an open-mic half hour featuring three readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCameras and microphones stay on. Participants who prefer not to read their work aloud may indicate this at registration and will not be called on to read.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurriculum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession 1\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Four Master Tropes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, irony. Burke's framework. Anchor poem: Keats, \"Ode to a Nightingale.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession 2\u003c\/strong\u003e: Aristotelian Foundations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Mimesis, mythos, ethos, dianoia. Anchor poems: Williams, Browning, Roethke, Arnold.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession 3\u003c\/strong\u003e: Turning Points.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Peripeteia, anagnorisis, hamartia, catharsis. Anchor poems: Heaney, Smith, Hayden, Olds.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession 4\u003c\/strong\u003e: Lyric Figures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Apostrophe, ekphrasis, volta, conceit. Anchor poems: Donne, Keats, Shakespeare, Glück.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession 5\u003c\/strong\u003e: Sonic and Structural.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Enjambment, caesura, anaphora, refrain. Anchor poems: Neruda, Stallings, Whitman, Bishop.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne teaching poem per vocabulary term. A printable participant booklet is provided at registration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndividual written feedback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery participant receives individual written feedback on every submitted poem, returned by email before the following session. Starting in Session 2, participants submit one poem per session, due 48 hours before class. Across the five-session series, this amounts to forty-eight individual feedback letters from the instructor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis component is the workshop's defining feature and the primary value of the tuition. Participants are not buying a lecture series. They are buying a five-session writing relationship with the instructor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorkshop reading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll seven titles are stocked on the POETICS Bookstore Workshop shelf:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Aristotle\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Poet's Glossary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Edward Hirsch\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll the Fun's in How You Say a Thing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Timothy Steele\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSailing Alone Around the Room\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Billy Collins\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wild Iris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby Louise Glück\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife on Mars\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby Tracy K. Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLike\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by A.E. Stallings\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSchedule\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll sessions live on Zoom, 5:00–7:00 PM Pacific:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession 1\u003c\/strong\u003e: Wednesday, Sept 9, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession 2\u003c\/strong\u003e: Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession 3\u003c\/strong\u003e: Wednesday, Sept 23, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession 4\u003c\/strong\u003e: Wednesday, Sept 30, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSession 5\u003c\/strong\u003e: Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTuition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e$600\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e early registration through July\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e$750\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from Aug 1st, 2026 through start of class\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA small number of reduced-fee scholarship spots are available. Send a brief note about your work and circumstances to hello@bainbridgeislandpress.com.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the instructor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTamarah Rockwood is the publisher of Bainbridge Island Press, host of the POETICS podcast, and Chair of Ars Poetica Western Washington, a fourteen-year-old grassroots program pairing poets and visual artists across the Kitsap Peninsula. She holds a master's degree from Harvard and is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham, where her doctoral research is on the history of the exclamation mark in poetry. She has spent decades publishing indie poetry chapbooks and organizing creative literary events.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWho this workshop is for\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis workshop is open to poets at all experience levels. The vocabulary studied is foundational to lyric poetry and is not reserved for academic readers. Participants who have been writing for years and want a shared craft vocabulary, participants who want individualized feedback from a working publisher and editor, and participants who are looking for a small, serious, live workshop community will all find the format suited to their needs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorkshop policies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParticipants must be 18 years of age or older. Sessions are not recorded; live attendance is expected. The twelve-poet cap will not be raised. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions? Email hello@bainbridgeislandpress.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bainbridge Island Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54042681049393,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/bainbridgeisland.press\/collections\/workshops.oembed","provider":"Bainbridge Island Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}