No Holds Poetics

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson No Holds Poetry School

Courses, workshops & editorial services designed to bring you from curious connoisseur to publishable master of your craft

A structured journey from Formal Fundamentals to Irreverent Mastery with in-depth analysis of top-tier classics and contemporary works, systematic breakdowns of the anatomy of a poem, uniquely inspiring hands-on exercises, and insider publication guidance with the option to add personalized editorial feedback

Add bonus offerings in getting published, hybridization, poet-specific deep-dives and more

CURRENT COURSES 

new ones added regularly 

A Timeline of Humanity in Verse

From collective memory programming to individual expression, fragmentation, and experimentation

1. History

2. Craft

Everything you need to know about how a poem works

Get out your scalpels and microscopes, we’re going to be dissecting contemporary and classic verse to reveal the integral scaffolding of form, cadence, tension, image, and metaphor

3. Creation

Intensive Creation & Workshopping

Put your newfound knowledge to the work with uniquely inspiring and intentionally destabilizing prompts and assignments + extensive feedback & rewrite guidance

4. Publication

Workshops
& Editorial Services

For unlimited annual access to courses & workshops, discounted and/or free swag and editorial services, and more ongoing perks