In these Deep Dive workshops, we delve into a single poet's work—to understand how it works, to see what might inform our own writing, and especially to connect with one another around poetry. We also spend time workshopping each other's poems.

In this session, we will focus on wok by the poet Jack Gilbert (1925–2012). Gilbert published a relatively small but deeply considered body of work during his life. A self-described "serious romantic," Gilbert wrote of love and grief in spare, unsentimental yet moving poems. His works are marked by their clarity of language, compression, and deep feeling—a "poetics of purity in an ever-more cacophonous world," according to one critic. 

A selection of Gilbert's poems will be shared ahead of time. 

All participants are invited to bring one poem (a page maximum) to share for group feedback. Adam will reach out. 

Adam Tessier lives on the North Shore. A graduate of Vassar College and the Writing Seminars at Bennington College, he’s worked in museums and educational settings for nearly twenty years. As a teacher, he believes that deep reading and conversation will teach you all you need to know about writing poetry. His poems and essays have appeared widely in print and online journals.