As part of the annual Tell It Slant Poetry Festival sponsored by the Emily Dickinson Museum, this workshop offers poems by Dickinson and other poets, which use art, music, and literature as springboards to express emotions, memories, observations. Participants will engage in exercises that heighten awareness of their associations with color, emotions, and place to strengthen their use of metaphor to “tell it slant.” Experienced and inexperienced poets will open their imaginations and express their truths sideways just as Dickinson did, responding to paintings, artifacts in the Emily Dickinson Museum’s collection (the poet’s desk, Gib’s jacket, the cradle, the clock, Dickinson’s white dress), and photos of architectural features in the Homestead and The Evergreens. Prompts will be provided and participants will share their drafts. Recommended for writers age 17+.

Space for this program is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. THIS PROGRAM HAS FILLED. Click here to add your name to the waiting list.

For more information about the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival, click here.

A view into the Emily Dickinson Museum