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Finding Poetic Pathways to Share our Truths

WRITING 731.10

Find safe outlets that express your truths and emotions in this workshop for poets and writers interested in poetic expression.

Duration
As few as 1 day
Units
0.0
Current Formats
Live Online
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$0

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What you can learn.

Find pathways to create poems that convey emotion inclusively
Read poems that model ways to respond to the world around us
Learn about and select writing formats best suited for you
Create rough drafts of new work representing your personal and creative transformation

About This Course

In divided times when many are struggling to find safe outlets for writings to express their truths and emotions—grief, rage, loss, and more—this workshop offers pathways to create poems that convey emotion without being divisive. We will read poems that model alternative ways to convey responses to the world around us, and participants can select formats they wish to explore. By the end of the workshop, participants will have created rough drafts/new work that are transformative for them as well as for audience members. Open to poets and writers working in other genres who interested in applying these ideas to their work. 

Spring 2026 Schedule

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Saturday 10:00AM - 12:00PM PT
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Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.

This course is held via video teleconference. As such, instructors use Zoom to offer a live class meeting at the designated time. Students must be present at the course meeting time to participate in the class. 

Course Requirements
Internet access required to access course materials.
Schedule
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Date
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Online
Sat Apr 4, 2026
10:00AM PT - 12:00PM PT
UCLA X Open
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