ONLINE Team Poetry - Kasen Renga
4 WEEKS | Thursdays | 7-9pm | Begins April 6
Instructor: Jade O'Riley
MEMBER PRICE: $135.00 (with member coupon AWCSM25)
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $180.00
Renga is a unique poem written by many authors; it was once the exclusive pastime of Japanese Royalty, thus ensuring its forbidden popularity with the hoi polloi. Renga took off in underground bars and illicit clubs; the Renga Revolution had begun! Originally this linked-verse poem was performed live with a sitting judge to assure all verses were in line with the rules of Renga. Rules such as, when and where a poet must include a reference to the sun or moon without using the word, or a reference to spring or rain or even, the one lucky poet who gets to mention the insect. Nowadays the 36-link Kasen Renga is written with its fun and formal rules intact, but it’s taken on by teams of modern poets in online classrooms!
This is an interactive online class using the Zoom web platform.
Jade O’Riley has spent many years learning the art and language of poetry. In 1996 Jade went to New York – the first year April became dedicated as National Poetry Month – and immersed herself in the poetry world; taking classes, going to uptown and downtown readings, spending hours writing at Poets house. Inspired by her time at Poets House Jade’s dream to open a Poets library in her home city began to germinate. In New York she also completed her first full-length poetry manuscript, “56 Days in the History of Love” which was then published by Mellen Poetry Press in New York. In 2007 Jade started teaching poetry At City Arts; she specializes in classic poetry forms and created a poetry editing technique called Poets Toolbox. In 2014 she opened Edmonton Poets House for library hours and poetry reading events. In 2019 Jade’s relocated to Calgary and took her City Arts poetry classes with her online; she also began teaching with Alexandra Writing Centre.