Relationships with Space: an Intermediate Poetry workshop - Patricia Fargnoli

July 12 – 13, 2008
Two –day workshop, limited to 8 participants
Tuition: $350
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This is a workshop for intermediate and advanced poets in the use of personal and public spaces in poems.   We will explore the concept of spaces as symbolic and/or triggering landscapes, and   read poems from several poets that illustrate the possibilities for the use of "place."
The major emphasis will be on creating new poems/drafts based on a series of exercises and prompts.   On one day, we will explore some of the outdoor landscapes and public spaces in the area for their "poem potential," and, on the other, we'll talk and write about domestic spaces such as our homes, gardens, and other interiors. In addition, participants should bring with them one of their own poems in which "place" plays a prominent role (along with enough copies for everyone in the workshop).

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Patricia Fargnoli is the current NH Poet Laureate and the author of five collections of poetry. Her latest book is Duties of the Spirit ( Tupelo Press, 2005) won the 2005 Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding Poetry. Her first book, Necessary Light (Utah State University Press, 1999) was awarded the 1999 May Swenson Poetry Award judged by Mary Oliver.   Pat, a retired social worker has been the recipient of a Macdowell Colony fellowship.   She has published widely in literary journals such as Poetry, Ploughshares, North American Review, Mid-American Review, North American Review, Cimarron Review, The Connecticut Review and The Massachussetts Review.   A member of the NH Writer’s Project and a Touring Artist for the NH Art’s Council, she resides in Walpole, NH.