surrealism in poetry

Annalisa Hansford

In their workshop, Annalisa discusses what surrealism means to them and connects it to scenes in a dream. They analyze "girls" by Maddy Rane and breaks down what makes it have true surreal aspects. The next poem they analyze is "what i dream on a tuesday night" by Annalisa themself, sharing their writing process. Annalisa finishes the workshop by sharing prompts to help create surrealist pieces.

Annalisa Hansford (they/them) is an infp, libra, and sophomore at Emerson College. Their work appears or is forthcoming in Emerge Literary Journal, The Hearth Magazine, Eunoia Review, The Aurora Journal, Celestite Poetry, Lavender Bones and Violet Indigo Blue, Etc. They read for The Emerson Review and Concrete Literary Magazine. In their free time, they enjoy listening to Gracie Abrams and drinking iced vanilla matcha lattes.