Generative Writing Workshop: Poetry in Nature

04/16/2023 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM CT

Admission

  • $20.00

Location

Nahant Marsh Education Center
4220 Wapello Ave
Davenport, IA 52802

Description

 

The poet Mary Oliver writes that our instructions for living life are to "Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." In this workshop, participants will take time to pay attention to and be astonished by Nahant Marsh. We will explore a variety of generative writing techniques and poetry forms with a goal of finding our favorite ways to tell of our astonishment. This workshop is for any and all skill levels.

 

Instructor Bio: Aubrey Ryan is the author of CHOIR (MWC Press) and Good Beast (Phantom Limb Press). Her work has appeared in Best New Poets, DIAGRAM, Pinwheel, Hobart, and elsewhere. Aubrey lives in Iowa with her family and a garden.

 

$15 Member | $20 Guest

 

*This workshop is part of a three-workshop series. Please see our calendar for additional workshop dates.

*Midwest Writing Center programs are supported by Illinois Humanities and the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

 

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