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Writing Conferences
2007
March 2-4 Whidbey Island, WA
Whidbey Island Writers Conference http://www.writeonwhidbey.org/Conference/
Poetry as Addition and Subtraction, March 3, 8-8:50 am
Poets bring a richness to language. One might say they add to it. They also gather words only to leave obvious gaps for the imagination to fill; they subtract something. The addition technique allows the reader to clearly see the images; the subtraction technique provides spaces between the images. Activist and poet Muriel Rukeyser would say that subtraction allows for the “triadic relationship” of poet, poem, and reader. Examples provided; participant styles examined. |
September 29-October 1 - McCall, Idaho
The Wonder of Writing
Why do we write? Writers astound, charm, awaken, and transport —themselves as well as their readers. How do they do that? Poet Sarah Zale offers six steps to creating wonder in poetry with application to all genres of writing.
Writing Women’s Truths
Marilyn Sewell, in Cries of the Spirit: More Than 300 Poems in Celebration of Women’s Spirituality, writes that “[women] have no ready-made system, no vocabulary in place, no easy syntax, no context of allusion, no given subject matter to embrace us and call us forth.” It is time for women to split open the world with our truths. In the first part of the lecture, I will talk about woman (and read their poetry) as body, spirit, and nature. Next, I will talk about woman as independent self and woman in relationships (and read their poetry). We will write and discuss the importance of how and why to share our truths.
To register, visit: http://www.payettelakewriters.org |
July 10-14, 2006 Port Townsend, WA
Kaleidoscope Summer Arts Camp 2006
The Play of Poetry: I Love Saying Things My Way!
What is your biggest dream? How tall is it? What color is happy? If your shoes could talk, what would they say to the sidewalk? In this class, we are going to play with words. We will smell them, eat them, jump on them. We will write them, color them, tickle them, stick them in a balloon and let them fly away. What is this kind of play called? Poetry!
To register, visit: http://www.kaleidoscopeyoutharts.org/pages/1/index.htm |
September 29-October 1, 2006 McCall, Idaho
The Wonder of Writing
Why do we write? Writers astound, charm, awaken, and transport —themselves as well as their readers. How do they do that? Poet Sarah Zale offers six steps to creating wonder in poetry with application to all genres of writing.
Writing Women’s Truths
Marilyn Sewell, in Cries of the Spirit: More Than 300 Poems in Celebration of Women’s Spirituality, writes that “[women] have no ready-made system, no vocabulary in place, no easy syntax, no context of allusion, no given subject matter to embrace us and call us forth.” It is time for women to split open the world with our truths. In the first part of the lecture, I will talk about woman (and read their poetry) as body, spirit, and nature. Next, I will talk about woman as independent self and woman in relationships (and read their poetry). We will write and discuss the importance of how and why to share our truths.
To register, visit: http://www.payettelakewriters.org
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Please contact Sarah at sarahpoets@olypen.com and
let her know which classes are of specific interest to you.
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