Love’s Table
Write poems at the table of love
A four-session generative poetry course with Maggie Smith and Danusha Laméris on familial love, romantic love, beloved things, and our love for the human and natural world.
Dates: Sundays January 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2027
Time: 4pm to 5:30pm Pacific/7pm to 8:30pm Easter
Cost: $200
Scholarships Available
RegisterWho It’s For
Love’s Table is for poets who want to deepen their attention at the line level while making new work. It’s for writers drawn to familial love, romantic love, beloved things, and the human and natural world.
What Participants Get
Across four 90-minute sessions, you’ll read closely, talk craft, and generate new poems in response to guided prompts. Each session is designed to help you leave with fresh language, stronger drafts, and new ways into revision.
- Four live 90-minute generative sessions
- Close reading and craft conversation
- Guided prompts for new poems
- A warm, rigorous space for making work
Four-Session Themes
Session One: Familial love
Session Two: Romantic love
Session Three: Beloved things
Session Four: Love for the human and natural world
Craft Focus
Each session is built for poets who want to read with precision, talk craft in depth, and generate new work through thoughtfully designed writing prompts.
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Keep Moving, Goldenrod, and several other books of poetry and prose, including A Suit or a Suitcase. Her poem “Good Bones” became an international phenomenon in 2016 and has been translated into nearly a dozen languages. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, Smith is a writer, editor, and educator, and the host of the poetry podcast The Slowdown. For more information visit: www.maggiesmithpoet.com
Danusha Laméris
Danusha Laméris is the author of The Moons of August, Bonfire Opera, and Blade by Blade. Her widely celebrated poem “Small Kindnesses” has been translated into multiple languages and adapted into a short film. A recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award, and the Northern California Book Award in Poetry, she served as Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County, California. Laméris is the founder of Litfield, an online writing community where she teaches. For more information visit: www.litfieldwriters.com
Past Participants of Maggie and Danusha's class:
"I loved the way Danusha and Maggie interacted in the discussions of the poems from the packets. I learned about 'craft' from their comments. And I also very much appreciated the prompts."
 "I appreciated Danusha and Maggie's analysis of the poems. It was very helpful to hear them point out what the poet was doing, and how."
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Join Love’s Table and spend four sessions reading closely, talking craft, and writing new poems in the company of two remarkable teachers.
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