Poetry

Discover these great classes on the craft of poetry – available on demand, anytime.

Feb 27 • Five Things I've Learned

Replay: Maya C. Popa shares Five Things She's Learned about Writing Desire

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Feb 27

Replay: Carl Phillips shares Five Things He's Learned about Patterns in Poetry

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Feb 22

Replay: Adrian Matejka shares Five Things He's Learned about Building a Book

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Dec 13, 2025

Replay: Kaveh Akbar shares Five Things He's Learned about Sacred Poetics

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Jun 3, 2025 • Five Things I've Learned

Replay: Maggie Smith shares Five Things She's Learned about Creativity – During Times of Upheaval

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May 11, 2025 • Five Things I've Learned

Replay: Jane Hirshfield shares Five Things She's Learned about Poems as Fields of Discovery

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May 2, 2025 • Five Things I've Learned

Replay: Amber Tamblyn shares Five Things She's Learned about Creativity – and Harnessing Emotion in the Service of Powerful Art

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Mar 30, 2025 • Five Things I've Learned

Replay: Victoria Chang shares Five Things She's Learned about Creativity – by Being an Outsider

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Mar 30, 2025 • Five Things I've Learned

Replay: Matthew Zapruder shares Five Things He's Learned about Maintaining a Creative Practice in the Chaos

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Mar 22, 2025 • Five Things I've Learned

Replay: Kim Addonizio shares the Five Things She's Learned about The Poem’s Progress

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Dec 30, 2024 • Five Things I've Learned

Replay: Maya C. Popa shares Five Things She's Learned about Poetic Form

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Nov 24, 2023 • Five Things I've Learned

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