Nature, Poetry, and the Language of Spirit with Wally Swist and Diane Frank

Soul Bone Lit Fest & MIU's MFA in Creative Writing

This Master Class with Wally Swist and Diane Frank is part of MIU's MFA in Creative Writing Residency.

This afternoon we dive deeply into the relationships between nature, poetry, and the language of spirit with Wally Swist and Diane Frank. Poetry is the language of the soul. It's a powerful technique to access your inner wisdom and express it with power and beauty. We'll explore what is going on inside of you in terms of your poems and your writing. We'll also be exploring:

- How to go beyond description with poems inspired by the natural world.
- Wildness, meditative silence, leaping and light.
- How to write a poem that is larger than you are.
- Writing techniques to make your language sing.

Diane Frank and Wally Swist will share poems that embody these ideas, along with poetics and writing techniques to write transcendent poems that explore the natural world, with a Q&amp;A. We will each offer a writing prompt, followed by a 15 or 20-minute writing session. The master class will conclude with an open mic where poets can share the poems they have just written.

Nature, Poetry, and the Language of Spirit with Wally Swist and Diane Frank

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