Thursday, January 4, 2018 Dream-Poems & Poem as Dreams Timelines: 3b: Past Workshops (Unseen Archive)
Led by: Mathias Svalina, visiting poet
Where:
Just Buffalo Writing Center
468 Washington Street @ Mohawk, 2nd Floor
Buffalo, NY 14203
Dates: May 8 & 10, 2018
Time: 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
In this workshop we will explore the creative potential of dreams. We will write poems & flash fiction based on elements of your actual dreams, & apply dream-logic to your lived experiences, resulting in surrealist works that can be simultaneously silly, fun, & profound.
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Mathias Svalina is the author of five books, including Destruction Myth (Cleveland State University Poetry Center), Wastoid (Big Lucks Books), & most recently The Wine-Dark Sea (Sidebrow Books). He is an editor for the small press Octopus Books. Since 2014, Svalina has run the Dream Delivery Service in cities such as Tucson, Marfa, San Diego, Austin, & Chicago. For the month of May 2018, he will deliver dream poems in Buffalo, New York.
This workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 12 participants.