Finding Your Poem (or Story)

When do you know you’ve found your poem or story? When you sift through your rough drafts, when does your piece start and when does it end? This workshop will explore the writing that isn’t your poem or story, and help you to identify what to trim away to reveal the gem inside. Participants will be given the opportunity to generate new material and, if they choose, tackle a work in progress.

Please register for the event here. 

About the presenter:

Al Rempel’s books of poetry are Sprocket, Undiscovered Country, This Isn’t the Apocalypse We Hoped For, and Understories, along with a handful of chapbooks. His poems have also appeared in various videopoems, journals, and anthologies. Some of his videopoem collaborations have been screened internationally and his poems have been translated into Italian and Spanish. Rempel writes book reviews and leads poetry workshops centred on craft. He can be found at alrempel.com.