John Hoppenthaler Workshop: CANCELED

Baxter-Patrick Library, Community Room B, 1:00pm-3:00pm

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please bring 2 hard copies of an unpublished poem no longer than one page for workshopping.

Soundcheck: How to Make your Poems Musical

John Logan insisted that “a poem is not a poem unless it has an essential surface to it which is musical in character.” Humans have an affinity for patterns, and music seems to be related to very primal parts of the brain. Our bodies cannot help but react physiologically to musical input. Musicality in poetry is the sum of many different elements, all of which are also found in music. This workshop brings to light ways that poets use sound to create a sonic texture in their poems.

John Hoppenthaler is the author of four books of poetry: Night Wing over Metropolitan Area (2023), Domestic Garden (2015), Anticipate the Coming Reservoir (2008), and Lives of Water (2003). His work has appeared in numerous…