CLASSES/TEACHING
The Poetics of Pop at the Loft Literary Center
Saturday, November 19th, 2016, 10am-4pm
Most of us turn to pop music when we need to let loose and take a break from life, but pop lyrics have a lot to teach those willing to dig in. Using a broad definition of pop music, we'll dig into the lyrics of Prince, Courtney Barnett, The Weakerthans, Adele, and others, to explore elements of craft that you might not have expected to find in a 3-minute song. We'll write poems to experiment with metaphor, narrative, and image. You'll leave class with techniques for developing or revising poems, but probably not a record deal. This class will be fun, but we're taking pop music seriously.
Saturday, November 19th, 2016, 10am-4pm
Most of us turn to pop music when we need to let loose and take a break from life, but pop lyrics have a lot to teach those willing to dig in. Using a broad definition of pop music, we'll dig into the lyrics of Prince, Courtney Barnett, The Weakerthans, Adele, and others, to explore elements of craft that you might not have expected to find in a 3-minute song. We'll write poems to experiment with metaphor, narrative, and image. You'll leave class with techniques for developing or revising poems, but probably not a record deal. This class will be fun, but we're taking pop music seriously.
