Begins Sunday, October 4, 2026

Class will meet weekly via Zoom on Sundays from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT

🌍 Class Times by Time Zone: Los Angeles (PT): 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM / Chicago (CT): 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM / New York (ET): 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM / London (BST): 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM / Berlin (CEST): 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM Note: On October 25 only, London (GMT): 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM / Berlin (CET): 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM due to the EU clock change.

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Instructor Logen Cure is a queer poet and educator. She curates Inner Moonlight, the monthly reading series and podcast at The Wild Detectives in Dallas. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her debut full-length poetry collection, Welcome to Midland (Deep Vellum Publishing, 2021), was shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Awards. She lives in Texas.

Who is this class for?

This online poetry workshop is for poets at all levels who are interested in exploring new ways to write about place. Whether you already write frequently about landscape and location or are just beginning to consider how your surroundings might enter your work, this class offers a welcoming space to experiment and grow.

What to expect:

In this generative poetry workshop, you'll explore how landscape, history, and the specificity of location shape poetic voice. Together you'll consider the places you live, the places you come from, and the places you long for as sources of imagery, memory, and meaning. Each session blends craft discussion, close reading, and workshop time to create a rich and supportive creative writing experience.

Instructor Logen Cure brings a deep personal connection to this topic. Her poetry collection Welcome to Midland uses history, nature, culture, legend, gossip, and memory to explore what it means to survive in a harsh environment — and the process of writing it transformed her relationship to her hometown and her own poetic voice. In this online writing class, she'll share the strategies she developed for researching and writing about place, and guide you in applying them to your own work.

Sessions will include exploration of craft concepts such as imagery, voice, and structure; reading and discussion of poems that engage deeply with place; and workshop time to give and receive feedback on poems generated in response to prompts. You'll also explore how researching the natural and cultural history of a place can offer new perspectives on your personal experiences and broaden the possibilities of your poems. All readings will be provided — no textbook purchases required.

What are the writing goals?

In this course, students will draft at least three new poems rooted in place. Students will learn research strategies for incorporating natural and cultural history into their poems. Students will receive feedback from the instructor during workshop time. The focus of this poetry workshop is to produce new work, engage in community, and increase your confidence and strategies in writing about place.

Readings:

Readings may include work by Mary Oliver, Patricia Smith, Carrie Fountain, Lynda Hull, and Ada Limón.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week 1: Introduction — We will introduce ourselves and discuss how the course will unfold. Students will respond to a generative prompt; sharing is optional.

Week 2: Landscape and Weather — We will read and discuss poems with the themes of landscape and weather. Session will end with workshop time for feedback on student drafts.

Week 3: History — We will read and discuss poems that incorporate history. Session will end with workshop time for feedback on student drafts.

Week 4: Flora and Fauna — We will read and discuss poems with the theme of flora and fauna. Session will include workshop time for feedback on student drafts and Q&A time with the instructor on craft, research, publishing, or related topics.

COURSE TAKEAWAYS:

• Draft at least three new poems engaging with place, landscape, history, and the natural world
• Learn research strategies for incorporating natural and cultural history into your poetry
• Develop skills in giving and receiving productive workshop feedback
• Gain new approaches to imagery, voice, and structure in place-based writing
• Build confidence and strategies for continuing to develop location-driven work after the course ends

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

Tuition is $330 USD. You can pay for the course in full or use Shop Pay or Affirm to pay over time with equal Monthly Payments. Both options are available at checkout.

ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:

• Instructor: Logen Cure
• Begins Sunday, October 4, 2026
• Class will meet weekly via Zoom on Sundays, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
• Tuition is $330 USD.