Poetry Masterclass
Thursday May 7, 6-9pm
$100

This masterclass is for poets who wish to have their work critiqued by published poet and editor Rebecca Edwards.

A note from Rebecca: Bring three of your poems, or one long poem, for honest, constructive feedback. I will tell you where I think the poem is working, and where I think it needs tweaking, reconstruction or revision. Come with an open heart, and I will meet you with the skills I’ve honed over 45 years. I’m about nurture, not destruction; honesty but not brutality. I’d prefer you to bring poems that you yourself feel are not quite working yet, despite at least one or two drafts. Please bring three copies of each poem, typed, double-spaced. Free verse please, unless you have a really good reason for choosing to rhyme (: (My expertise is in contemporary free verse, but I am very well read in the English canon.) Prose poetry, concrete poetry, sestinas and all other free verse forms are welcome.

Rebecca Edwards is an Australian poet and visual artist based in San Francisco. She has exhibited works on paper and found object sculpture in Japan, New Zealand, and Australia, with work held in private collections across these countries as well as in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. The University of Queensland’s Fryer Library houses a collection of her works on paper alongside manuscripts, journals, and other ephemera (Rebecca Edwards Papers UQFL434).

A childhood spent in remote parts of the South Pacific—Papua New Guinea and Nauru—and various regions of Australia, including the Northern Territory,Queensland, and New South Wales, exposed Rebecca Edwards to many different modes of existence, and many different ways of experiencing and creating art.

 An experienced educator, she has taught drawing, paper-cutting, mosaic, poetry, prose writing, collage, and bookmaking to students of all ages, and has performed her poetry at major literary events in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. 

7 participants max

The Poetry Masterclass will be held at Michelle Thomas Fine Art Gallery + Studio, 40 29th St, San Francisco 94110.

All sales final.

ADA Note: Attendees must descend one flight of stairs to access The Studio.