Poems Have Their Own Mythology

Writers

Poems Have Their Own Mythology

Write poems rooted in traditional and personal mythologies by engaging with poetry texts and prompts.

Member

$156.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Guest

$194.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Tuition Assistance and Other Policies

Meeting Times
  1. Tue, 4/1/2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  2. Tue, 4/15/2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  3. Tue, 4/22/2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  4. Tue, 4/29/2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Tue, 4/1/2025 - Tue, 4/29/2025

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Type:
Class, No Prerequisite

Location:
Writers' Studio and Online

Interests:
Craft of Writing, Generative Writing, Poetry, Writing Workshop and Critique

About

This four-week generative and analytic course will guide you in writing poems inspired by mythology and lore. You’ll learn how traditional narratives can intertwine with your own obsessions and emotional landscape. By examining contemporary texts and experimenting with prompts, you'll build an understanding of how the places and people in your poetry can alter traditional mythologies and create their own internal world.

Week 1: Tradition and Lore
Week 2: Wonder and Obsessions
Week 3: On Lament
Week 4: The New Myth

We'll create a safe, exploratory, and constructive environment with space for discussion, writing, and guidance for bolstering your own writing practices. Some readings will be assigned.

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome. 

BARN Policies

Instructors or Guides

Carrie Beyer

Carrie is a poet and essayist whose writing has appeared in literary journals and anthologies including Prairie Schooner, Image, Iron Horse Literary Review (NaPoMo finalist), Figure 1, Cream City Review, storySouth and others. She has a master of fine arts degree from Pacific University and was a 2022 fellow in the Jack Straw Writers Program. Carrie has been a teaching assistant for creative writing at Seattle University and holds a post-MFA certificate in teaching creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. She is currently editing her first poetry collection and working on a memoir about growing up in a conservative religious sect in rural Kansas. Carrie has lived with her family on Bainbridge Island for nine years.

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