Ready for the Marvelous with Kemi Alabi
Sat, Sep 19
|Virtual on Zoom
Break from the expected and write toward the marvelous. Through surrealist poems and playful prompts, this generative workshop helps poets tap the unconscious, challenge repression, and unlock bolder, more imaginative work.
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
Virtual on Zoom
About the Event
Once you get out of linearity, you can get into poetic thinking—not what’s correct or what’s incorrect, but what lives.
—Will Alexander
Surrealism offers the poetics of revolution, upending the dominant culture’s common sense and expanding the field of the possible. It does this by pursuing the Marvelous, which René Ménil defines as "the image of total freedom."
How can poets use surrealist play to break free from repression and leap toward what lives?
In this workshop, we'll surrender to the wisdom of the unconscious mind. By exploring the work of surrealist poets and immersing ourselves in poetry games, we'll discover the Marvelous and unlock our most imaginative poems. Through reading, discussion, and writing, participants will engage poetry as a form of humanistic inquiry, exploring how surrealism responds to culture, history, freedom, and the inner life.
Tickets
Ready for the Marvelous
Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88505293103?pwd=lpbBbQWyabrBH0DOfwoVXzNbi6m63L.1 Meeting ID: 885 0529 3103 Passcode: 364631
$40.00
+$1.00 ticket service fee
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