Gratitude Poetics: A Six-Week Generative Poetry Workshop with Tova Greene (Zoom)

This course meets Wednesdays from 6:45-8:45 p.m. (ET) on Zoom on April 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13, and 20.

How do we give thanks in a world on fire, shaped by state-sanctioned violence, ongoing loss, & collective grief? This six-week generative poetry workshop explores gratitude as a necessary poetic practice—one rooted in attention, reciprocity, & witness. Inspired by writers such as Ross Gay, Simone Weil, Robin Wall Kimmerer, & W. S. Merwin, we’ll explore gratitude as a ritual that makes room for pleasure & abundance, honors loss without erasure, & insists that joy is radical. By the end of the course, participants will develop a personal, sustainable gratitude poetics practice through generative exercises: one that can be practiced with honesty & care, even while the world is burning.

BIO

Tova Greene (they/them) is a Brooklyn-based producer and poet-person. As the Chief Programs Officer of The Poetry Society of New York, they create immersive poetry wonderlands—such as The New York City Poetry Festival & Poetry Camp—that prioritize collaboration and artistic experimentation. Their events have garnered acclaim from outlets including The New York Times and Observer. Their debut collection, lilac on the damned’s breath (Bottlecap Press, 2022), grapples with the cyclical nature of grief.