In Person at Beyond Baroque

In this fast-paced session, we’ll look at how found elements (words and otherwise) can inspire and enliven your poems, add surprise, and challenge you to make use of the unexpected. We’ll examine and experiment with a number of found poetry techniques and explore ways to add found language to conventional‐form poems and use found prompts to kick‐start new work. Please bring pens, paper, and imagination.

A Los Angeles native and a long-time resident of Bellingham, Washington, J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg is an artist, poet, and freelance writer whose poetry has appeared in print and online journals and anthologies worldwide. Her chapbooks include The Word for Standing Alone in a Field (Bottlecap, 2023), how to pronounce the wind (Paper View, 2023), Desire’s Authority (Ravenna Triple Series No. 23, 2023), and Sleeping Lessons (Milk & Cake, 2025). A full-length collection of visual poems, She needs the river (Poem Atlas) was published in 2024, and All of we is forthcoming from Anhinga Press. More at chocolate is a verb and on Instagram @jikleinberg.