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About the Workshops: I will offer two 3-hour poetry writing workshops on Sunday, March 7 at my office in Portland's Pearl District. The morning workshop will be from 9:30am - 12:30pm. The afternoon workshop will be from 1:30 - 4:30pm. There is an hour lunch break. In the first two thirds of each workshop, participants will have the opportunity to respond to prompts, write in a supportive group atmosphere, and share a first draft with other participants, if you so choose. During the last third, there will be time to critique poems you have previously written. Twelve Participants Maximum. FEES: Individual workshop (morning or afternoon) - $40 Both workshops - $70 (full day) Contact: If you have any questions, or wish to reserve a place in one or both workshops, please contact Willa Schneberg at: info at threewayconversation dot org, or phone: 503-248-4136. |
WORKSHOPS: Sunday, March 7, 2010 Writing the Body From 9:30am - 12:30pm We all share the universal experience of living in a physical body. In this workshop we will explore through poem-making our relationship with the body, how it changes over time, how we perceive the body, the internal body and the eternal one, the ailing body and the healthy one, the body's relationship to violence and to the embrace, the objectification of the body and the body moving through the world. Poems by contemporary poets Gerald Stern, Sharon Olds, Kim Addonizio, Lucille Clifton and Donald Hall, who write of the body, will be discussed and used as prompts for our poems. Approaching Intimacy From 1:30 - 4:30pm Intimacy exists when we can express our deepest nature. There are myriad forms of intimacy: intimacy with the natural world, with an art form, the divine or another person. In this workshop we will experience how poetry can capture moments of intimacy, the intimacy of shared history, of conversation, of friendship, of the family, and the beloved. Through the writing process we will each ponder what elements must exist in a relationship to call it intimate. Works that approach intimacy by contemporary poets Kate Daniels, Robert Bly, Rita Dove, Dorianne Laux and Galway Kinnell will be discussed and used to motivate our writing. |