The Wingbeats Workshops Continue.
NOTE:
Half our workshops will be presented in person at Books on the Bosque here in Albuquerque — 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane —
January 9, March 12, May 14, July 9, September 10, and November 12 — each workshop at 6 p.m.
Workshops in alternating months will be presented via Zoom —
February 13, April 9, June 11, August 13, October 14, and December 10 — each workshop at 6 p.m. Mountain Time.
2024 Workshops
January 9
Scott Wiggerman will present his adaptation of Wordplay poems based on Marty McConnell’s Definition by Opposition in Wingbeats II. In-person at Albuquerque’s Books on the Bosque, 6221 Riverside Plaza Lane, 6:00 p.m. Bring pen and paper for this fun and creative approach to thinking inside and outside the box(es).
February 13
David Meischen will present a workshop based on The Question of Attraction: Ekphrasis, the Wingbeats I Exercise by Madelyn Garner and Andrea Watson. When you consider a work of art, how do you go beyond describing what you see? This workshop presented via Zoom.
March 12
Scott Wiggerman will present at least two approaches to quick revision based on Jill Alexander Essbaum’s Right Turn, Clyde: Ten Variations on a Broken Poem in Wingbeats II. In-person at Albuquerque’s Books on the Bosque, 6221 Riverside Plaza Lane, 6:00 p.m. Bring pen and paper.
April 9
David Meischen will present Memorable Rooms, Memorable Spaces, based on a Georgia Popoff exercise in Wingbeats I. Our focus will be on how to move beyond pure description, how to make a static place dynamic. This workshop presented via Zoom.
May 14
Scott Wiggerman will present his adaptation of Carmen Giménez Smith’s An Exercise in Derangement in Wingbeats II. In-person at Albuquerque’s Books on the Bosque, 6221 Riverside Plaza Lane, 6:00 p.m. Bring pen and paper—and an open mind to a different way of looking at a poem!
June 11
David Meischen will present a variation on Bruce Snider’s The Notebook Poem in Wingbeats I. Our focus: how to return repeatedly to a single significant place. This workshop presented via Zoom.
July 9
Scott Wiggerman will present his adaptation of love/hate poems based on Patricia Colleen Murphy’s Between Sentiment & Language: Creating Tension in Wingbeats II. In-person at Albuquerque’s Books on the Bosque, 6221 Riverside Plaza Lane, 6:00 p.m. Bring pen and paper.
August 13
David Meischen will present Finding the Self Elsewhere, adapted from Lisa Russ Spaar’s self-portrait exercise in Wingbeats I. This workshop presented via Zoom.
September 10
Scott Wiggerman will present his adaptation of litany poems based on James Harms’ Lying: A Series of Exercises in Wingbeats II. In-person at Albuquerque’s Books on the Bosque, 6221 Riverside Plaza Lane, 6:00 p.m. Bring pen and paper. Be prepared to tell some whoppers!
October 8
David Meischen will present a quirky variation on The Abecedarian Corset, Barbara Hamby’s exercise in Wingbeats I. This workshop presented via Zoom.
November 12
Scott Wiggerman will present his adaptation of Weird Word Poems based on Christopher Kennedy’s exercise in Wingbeats II. In-person at Albuquerque’s Books on the Bosque, 6221 Riverside Plaza Lane, 6:00 p.m. Bring pen and paper for this fun approach—and an imagination!
December 10
David Meischen will present his adaptation of Emulating Whitman, Harryette Mullen’s exercise in Wingbeats I. This workshop presented via Zoom.
2023 Workshops
January 10
Getting Unstuck: Steals
Sandra Soli’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Scott Wiggerman’s adaptation
February 14
Ambient Noise
David Meischen’s workshop drawing on exercises by Victoria Redel and Rebecca Wee—from Wingbeats II
March 14
Sentimental Immunity
Adrienne Su’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Scott Wiggerman’s presentation
April 11
Elements of the Arbitrary in Following a Recipe
David Meischen’s workshop, drawing on exercises by Oliver de la Paz and Lisa Russ Spaar in Wingbeats I
May 9
When Good Advice Turns Bad
Diane Lockward’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Scott Wiggerman’s presentation
June 13
The Poem as Letter
David Meischen’s presentation, drawing on exercises by Jenny Browne in Wingbeats I and Melissa Kwasny in Wingbeats II
July 11
The Pojack
Tim Seibles’ exercise from Wingbeats II
Scott Wiggerman’s adaptation
August8
The Window Poem
Kurt Heinzelman’s exercise from Wingbeats I
David Meischen’s adaptation
September 12
Syllabics: Discovery through Form
Alfred Nicol’s exercise from Wingbeats II
David Meischen’s adaptation
October 10
Thirteen Ways of Seeing
David Meischen’s presentation, based on exercises by Patty Seyburn and Tara Betts in Wingbeats I
November 14
A Different Dictionary
Cole Swensen’s exercise from Wingbeats II
David Meischen’s adaptation
December 12
Syllable Counts in a Ten-Line Poem
David Meischen’s variation on an exercise by Susan Terris in Wingbeats I
2022 Workshops
January 11
Aping the Masters: Poems in Imitation
Karla Huston’s exercise from Wingbeats I
David Meischen’s variation
February 8
The Pie Plate: Serving Up a Slice of Travel through the Haibun
Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s exercise from Wingbeats I
David Meischen’s adaptation
March 8
My Mother’s Clothes
Jane Hilberry’s exercise from Wingbeats I
David Meischen’s adaptation
April 12
The Self-Portrait Poem: Facebooking in the Vale of Soul-Making
Lisa Russ Spaar’s exercise from Wingbeats I
David Meischen’s adaptation
May 10
The Foodie Response
karla k. morton’s exercise from Wingbeats II
David Meischen’s adaptation
June 14
Least Significant Object
Alan Birkelbach’s exercise from Wingbeats II
David Meischen’s adaptation
July 12
Nouns at Work, Verbs at Play
Tomás Morín’s exercise from Wingbeats II
David Meischen’s adaptation
August 9
The World Without Us
Keith Ekiss’s exercise from Wingbeats II
David Meischen’s adaptation
September 13
Effective Repetitions
David Meischen’s workshop—based on Wingbeats II exercises by Sandra Soli and Laure-Anne Bosselaar
October 11
Writing the Prose Poem
David Meischen’s workshop—incorporating Wingbeats II approaches by Melissa Kwasney and Dean Rader
November 8
Poetic Riffing
David Meischen’s workshop—based on Tony Hoagland’s exercise in Wingbeats II
December 13, 2022
Muse or Superpower?
David Meischen’s workshop—drawing on exercises by Jane Hilberry, Sandra Soli, and Lee Ann Roripaugh
2021 Workshops
January 12
Seven (or Ten) Line Poem
Susan Terris’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen — with a glance back at 2020
February 9
The Foodie Response
karla k. morton’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by David Meischen — with a twist for 2021
March 9
Energy of Three
David Meischen’s Exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by David Meischen
April 13
Thirteen (Give or Take) Ways (of Seeing)
Patty Seyburn’s Exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen
May11
The Word List
Ellen Bass’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen
June 8
The Abecedarian Corset
Barbara Hamby’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen
July 13
The Bermuda Triangle
Catherine Bowman’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen
August 10
When Good Advice Turns Bad
Diane Lockward’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by David Meischen
September 14
Memory, Periphery, & Then Some
Victoria Redel’s excercise from Wingbeats II
This is one of David Meischen’s very favorite poetry writing exercises. He will present a variation.
October 12
The Postcard Poem
Andrea Hollander’s Exercise from Wingbeats I
Think brevity. Think compression. David Meischen will present his variation on this exercise.
November 9
Tales from the Bathroom: The Curious Path to a Poem
Georgia Popoff’s exercise from Wingbeats I
David Meischen will present another of his favorite exercises.
December 14
The Window Poem
Kurt Heinzelman’s excercise from Wingbeats I
David Meischen will present a variation on this exercise.
2020 Workshops
January 14
Soundscape Poems
Farid Matuk’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
February 11
Meeting Your Muse
Jane Hilberry’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen
March 10
Writing Renga Together
Elizabeth Jacobson’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
April 14
The World Without Us: An Exercise in Apocalypse
Keith Ekiss’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented via Zoom by David Meischen
May12
Speaking the Unspoken
Anne McCrady’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented via Zoom by Anne McCrady
June 9
The Notebook Poem
Bruce Snider’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented via Zoom by Bruce Snider
July 14
Writing the Mathematical Poem
Carol Dorf’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented via Zoom by Carol Dorf
August 11
A Crack in the Cup
Wendy Barker’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented via Zoom by Wendy Barker
September 8
Emulating Walt Whitman
Harryette Mullen’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented via Zoom by David Meischen
October 13
Rube Goldberg Poems
Oliver de la Paz’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented via Zoom by David Meischen
November 10
Finding Laughter in Dark Times
Lori Desrosiers, Wingbeats I contributor, will be with us to present this new exercise.
December 8
Getting Unstuck
Sandra Soli’s exercise from Wingbeats II
David Meischen will select from among Sandra Soli’s “Ten Warm-Ups” for this workshop.
2019 Workshops
January 8
Line-Finding
Kathleen Peirce’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
February 12
The Bermuda Triangle
Catherine Bowman’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen
March 12
Hand and Divination
Alison Cimino’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
April 9
The Self-Portrait Poem: Facebooking in the Vale of Soul-Making
Lisa Russ Spaar’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen
May 14
Least Significant Object: The Importance of Point of View
Alan Birkelbach’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
June 11
Jump-Start that Poem Making Project: A Repurposing & Caulking Exercise
Pablo Miguel Martinez’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
July 9
The Syllabic: Discovery through Form
Alfred Nicol’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
August 13
An Exercise in Derangement
Carmen Giménez Smith’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by David Meischen
September 10
The PoJack
Tim Seibles’ exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by David Meischen
MONDAY, October 7
Fun with Fake Truths: The Wikipedia Poem
Dean Rader’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by David Meischen
November 12
The Lyric as Letter
Melissa Kwasny’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by David Meischen
2018 Workshops
January 9
Weird Word Poems
Christopher Kennedy’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
February 13
A Crack in the Cup
Wendy Barker’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen
March 13
Nouns at Work, Verbs at Play
Tomás Morín’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by David Meischen
April 10
Rube Goldberg Poems
Oliver de la Paz’s exercise from Wingbeats I
May 8
Tell It Slant: The Extended Metaphor
Meg Kearney’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
June 12
The Window Poem
Kurt Heinzelman’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen
July 10
Tales from the Bathroom: The Curious Path to a Poem
Georgia Popoff’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen
August 14
Sentimental Immunity: The Animal Poem
Adrienne Su’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
September 11
My Mother’s Clothes
Jane Hillberry’s exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by David Meischen
October 9
Ways of Looking
Tara Betts’ exercise from Wingbeats I
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
November 13
The Foodie Response: Pushing through Writer’s Block
karla k. morton’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by David Meischen
2017 Workshops
January 10
The Notebook Poem
Bruce Snider’s exercise from Wingbeats
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
February 14
Love Letter to a Stranger
Jenny Browne’s exercise from Wingbeats
Presented by David Meischen
March 14
Aping the Masters
Karla Huston’s exercise from Wingbeats
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
May 9
Definition by Oppositions
Marty McConnell’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by David Meischen
June 13
Things: A Brainstorming Game for All Ages
Sandra Soli’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
August 7
Emulating Walt Whitman
Harryette Mullen’s exercise from Wingbeats
Presented by David Meischen
September 12
Twenty Ideas for Titles
Susan Terris’s exercise from Wingbeats
Presented by David Meischen
October10
Repetition & Cadence, or Repetition for Cadence
Laure-Anne Bosselaar’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by Scott Wiggerman
November 14
World Without Us: An Exercise in Apocalypse
Keith Ekiss’s exercise from Wingbeats II
Presented by David Meischen