Poems of Power: Generative Writing Workshop

In this two-hour generative poetry writing workshop taught by Lily Greenberg, participants will be offered a series of prompts designed to access power in areas in which they might otherwise feel powerless, using poet models such as Lucille Clifton, Ada Limon, and Victoria Chang. The writing portion of the workshop will be followed by a group sharing time with feedback. All participants are invited to read their poem at the Poems of Power: Reading and Open Mic on February 21 at 6pm.

Lily Greenberg is a poet from Nashville, Tennessee and the author of In the Shape of a Woman (Broadstone Books 2022). Her work has appeared in New England Review, On the Seawall, Cortland Review, and Eco Theo Review, among others, and she is the 2023 prize winner of the Iron Horse Literary Review‘s National Poetry Month Contest as well as the 2021 recipient of the Dick Shea Memorial Prize for Poetry. Her poetry has been funded by Bread Loaf Writers, ArtsWestchester, and Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, and she holds an MFA from the University of New Hampshire. She lives in Nyack, New York. Learn more at lily-greenberg.com.