Dancing with Form: Partner, Connection, Lead and Follow "Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music." -Ezra Pound

Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far 

from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when 

it gets too far from music. 

                                              -Ezra Pound

How do we choose to engage in received, contemporary, or nonce forms as new or experienced writers? Are they great tools for growth? Are they stifling and antiquated? What is our relationship with form, the frequency of its use in our practice, and what leads us to choose a particular form in the moment? Poets experienced with the sestina, villanelle, ghazal, pantoums forms have curated a generative choose your own poetic form adventure generative workshop.