Mike Maggio

Space is still available for the poetry workshop I am offering duringthe coming weeks. We have four participants as of now, and there is room for six more.

Here’s what we will be doing:

•  We will read selected poems and discuss the poetics involved. We will focus on how the prosody of the poems informs their meaning.
• Participants will write a poem each week based on specific assignments related to our discussions of prosody.
• Each poem will be critiqued by me.
•  Participants will critique each other’s poems in writing and send back to the participant.
• Each week, we will workshop the poems that were written by the participants. This will be a live discussion.
• We will concentrate on elements of prosody. Regareding this, there will be some targeted discussions on prosody (metrics, imagery, anaphora, etc.).
• All sessions will be held online
• Tentative start date: October 20 (days and time TBD)
• Cost: $300

 For more information or to sign up, email me at poem@mikemaggio.net

I look forward to your participation.

Registration is still open for Speaking of Love: A Poetry Seminar and Workshop. Class starts next Sunday, September 8, at 10 AM and will continue for six Sundays. All classes will be online.

To register or for more information, contact me at mikemaggio@mikemaggio.net.

In celebration of my forthcoming book, A Brief Gazelle: Poems of Love and Grief,  I am offering an online seminar and workshop called  Speaking of Love: Love Poetry Across the Ages. This course will explore poetry dealing with love, in its many manifestations, through a series of lectures, readings, discussions and workshops. Participants will read and discuss poems, from the past up to the present, that relate to the subject of love in order to get a grounding for the different approaches to love poetry.

Topics will include:

• What constitutes a love poem? 
• Why write love poems?
• Are love poems only about love? 

Participants will be assigned weekly exercises and will write at least one love poem which will be critiqued  and discussed by the other poets.

Sessions will be held online on six Sundays beginning in September.

• Cost: $225
• Format: Online
• Session length: 2 hours per session from 10-12 EST
• Dates: Sept 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6 and 13
• Limit 10 poets

For more information or to register, contact mikemaggio@mikemaggio.net

Bio:

Mike Maggio is an assistant adjunct professor at Northern Virginia Community College, an associate editor at Potomac Review, and a graduate of George Mason University’s MFA program in Creative Writing  His latest collection of poetry, Let’s Call It Paradise, won the International Book Award for Contemporary Poetry in 2023. His newest collection, A Brief Gazelle: Poems of Love and Grief. is forthcoming from San Francisco Bay Press. His publication credits include fiction, poetry, travel and reviews in many local, national and international publications including Potomac Review, The L.A. Weekly, The Washington CityPaper, and The Washington Independent Review of Books. His full-length fiction publications include a novel, The Wizard and the White House (Little Feather Books, 2014), a novella, The Appointment (Vine Leaves Press, 2017), and a collection of short stories, Letters from Inside (Vine Leaves Press, 2019). His web site is www.mikemaggio.net.