I’m delighted to join poets Chris Santiago, Doug Kearney, Keith Wilson, and Mag Gabbert for this panel on visual poetry. Hope to see you at AWP in Kansas City this year!

Sight Singing: Poetry and the Visual

This panel explores the intersections between language and visual art through the lens of visual poetry. Our panelists will engage with questions about the role of design, typography, poetic images, so-called white- or negative space, and how visual elements can expand our understanding of poetic meaning. We will examine a range of visual poetry forms, including concrete poetry, collages, and multimedia works, to showcase the playfully diverse ways poets blend text and image to create meaning.