In this class, we're going to explore how we frame the past in our poems. We’ll look at ways to leverage our present selves and perspectives in taking our readers back in time. We are adults, after all, and bring to the page the authority and irony of our distance and difference from the past. But there are also advantages to laying the past bare. We’ll also look at ways to strip away the biases and assumptions of the present and make a good faith effort to inhabit the past through the poem. This can lead to surprising emotional access and recovery.
