The DaySong is a potent ritual that requires preparation and some projective writing ability. You can’t fake it. You have to have a writing practice, but if you do, you can be astonished at how much you can write in one day. Writing from Denise Levertov’s notion of “form is never more than a revelation of content” there is potent information the universe seeks to drop into your mind and into the poem written through you.
Paul E Nelson has written 7 such daysongs, has modeled them after similar works by Bernadette Mayer, Pierre Joris, Ed Sanders, Brenda Hillman and others and can help you prepare for an auspicious daysong experience February 1, 2026, Imbolc.
The workshop is free to the first 15 members of the Cascadia Poetics Lab that register. Members are anyone who has attended a CPL workshop or festival. A suggested donation of $20-$40 is appreciated. Strategies for the day-of your daysong as well as preparation tips, links to helpful sources and an in-class writing exercise will be offered.