September Meeting - Writing Serialized Poetry

Name: September Meeting - Writing Serialized Poetry
Start: 2025-09-13T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-13T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 210 N 5th St, Hannibal, MO 63401-3514, United States

Schedule

Sat Sep 13 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

210 N 5th St, Hannibal, MO 63401-3514, United States | Hannibal, MO

or this month's meeting, we're bringing in another professor, this time to explore the literary art of poetry.
Instead of waiting for inspiration, why not choose a form that will generate it? In this session, we’re going to talk about the serial poem, individual poems that fit into a larger structure or sequence. We’ll discuss some historical precedents, focusing on the tradition of the American long poem. We’ll also review some approaches to crafting a serial poem through form and content. When composing in sequences, the muse always knows where to find you—working on your project.Our speaker for this meeting is Mike Barrett from Columbia, MO. He has a Ph.D. in Poetry from the University of Illinois-Chicago. As a founding member of the Chicago Poetry Ensemble, he helped establish the original Poetry Slam and spark the spoken word revolution. He has published numerous poems and essays on avant-garde poetics in magazines like Notre Dame Review, Ninth Letter, Gettysburg Review, and Leaping Clear. He is an award-winning educator who founded, and edited for 22 years, the Anvil & Lyre which published the work of MACC students. He has written 15 books of poetry, three textbooks, and a collection of critical essays.

The meeting will be Saturday, September 13th, at 5:30 P.M. at the Laura Hawkins house at 210 N. 5th Street, Hannibal, MO. There will be a sign on the door. Just let yourself in!Please do not arrive earlier than 4:30pm. The building will not be open until 4:30. You are, however, welcome to show up early at 4:30 for business hours!The meeting is of course free, so bring a friend or two or three!