The Lawrence Hart Institute

The Lawrence Hart Institute develops the literary insights and instructional methods of teacher/critic Lawrence Hart (1901-1996).

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San Rafael CA 94913.
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Waking up language: The Lawrence Hart Poetry Intensive

Poetry should be language wide awake. How often is it, really?

In three five-meeting units, we sharpen three language tools that power poetry—and quality prose as well.

  • Direct Sensory Reporting: precise, evocative description
  • Double Imagery: metaphors and similes–but fresh ones
  • Statement: abstract language used for poetic effect

Risk-free first session: Only pay if you think it’s for you. Tuition $125 per five-session unit. For $250, participants can sit in with a parallel group of poets versed in these techniques and engaging next-level problems.

Prerequisites? None. Writing sample? Not needed. Prior publication? Optional. Essential: the ambition it takes to consider an unfamiliar, not too easy, road.

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Waking up language