Name: Particle Poetics: A Workshop Collider with Sara Sams
Start: 2025-04-19T15:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-04-19T16:30:00-07:00
Location: Temple of Music and Art

Particle Poetics: A Workshop Collider with Sara Sams

Full festival details at TucsonPoetryFest.org
In this workshop, led by poet and assistant UA professor Sara Sams, we will use some concepts from the discipline of particle physics, as discovered in the past century, to lead us to a deeper understanding of our perceptive faculties— and of the poems we most need to write. We will consider the paradoxical opportunities of “wave” vs “particle” poetics, and practice some of each. We will translate a poem, imitate a poem, and finally, write an original poem that learns from our workshop’s experimentation with language. And we will discuss the sequence of thought we’ve followed, pushing each other toward truer and more authentic verse.
Workshop will take place in the Cabaret theater. Donations greatly appreciated at this free event.