Iowa City Poetry

Metaphors can be found in unexpected places: the joke your friend just made, the way a stranger sips their coffee, an interview response, a news story, an overheard conversation. Over the course of four weeks, we will explore metaphors from poets like Jane Wong, Marina Wilson, Sarah Kay, and more. We will train our brains to find poetic images in the world around us. With in-class writing and workshopping time, we will delve into the process of building a metaphor out of those observations. You may just find yourself with a new habit of collecting metaphors every day.