Dear ,
Yes, I
know it isn't Monday yet! The Word-zine will arrive tomorrow. But, with National Poetry Month right around the corner, I wanted to be sure, whether or not you live in the Charlotte area, that you have a chance to celebrate poetry, along with the beauty and meaning it adds to our lives.
(If you are in the Charlotte area, you're invited to come to Dilworth this Saturday at 10 a.m. for a hands-on, fun-filled, knowledge-rich workshop called Fooling Around with Poetry. More info
below.)
This week, inspired by my friend Vivé Griffith, who asked her Facebook friends:
"If you were going to offer a group of college freshmen a packet of poems that speak to how to build a meaningful life, what would you absolutely without-question include?", I'm sharing a few of my all-time favorite poems with you.
Today's choice is Derek Walcott's "Love After Love." You can read and/or listen to it here: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-after-love/. Sometimes, I need to know for sure that "the time will come when, with elation..." I "will love again the stranger who was [my]self."
I have so many "favorite" poems (despite being told more than once
that one can only have one "favorite") that I would love to have you weigh in! Please feel free to email me YOUR short list of favorite poems.
Maureen
FOOLING AROUND WITH POETRY
THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 1st!
(Learning What Makes a Poem a Poem;
Practicing Poem-Making via Playful Prompts)
Ever wished your writing had more finesse? Or wondered what goes into the making of a fine poem?
This workshop that celebrates both National Poetry Month and April Fool’s Day explores “poetic ingredients” in the areas of content, sound, and form that will increase your writing expertise. As we “fool around” with these ingredients through lively discussion and playful prompts, you’ll learn how to identify and use them to strengthen your poetry and/or prose, as well as foolproof ways to ease into the writing process. All levels welcome. WHERE: Covenant Presbyterian Recreation Center, 1000 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, NC 28204. Click here for map.
WHEN: Saturday, April 1st, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
COST: $38 (Or save money by bundling
multiple “WordPlay National Poetry Month Celebration” Offerings—see below for details.)
* Or, you can save money by also taking advantage of one or both of the other "National Poetry Month" Offerings:
Bundle “WordPlay National Poetry Month Celebration” offerings and save!
To register for Fooling Around with Poetry AND Poetry Rocks, click here. (Your price will be $72, a savings of
13%!)
To register for Fooling Around with Poetry AND The Art and Craft of Polishing a Poem, click here. (Your price will be $66, a savings of
13%!)
To register for The Art and Craft of Polishing a Poem AND Poetry Rocks, click here. (Your price will be $72, a savings of 13%!) To register for Fooling Around with Poetry AND The Art and Craft of Polishing a Poem AND Poetry Rocks, click here. (Your price will be $89, a savings of 26%!)
More WordPlay opportunities here. MAUREEN RYAN GRIFFIN, an award-winning poetry and nonfiction writer, is the author of Spinning Words into Gold, a Hands-On Guide to the Craft of Writing, a grief workbook entitled I Will Never Forget You, and three collections of poetry, Ten Thousand Cicadas Can't Be Wrong, This Scatter of Blossoms and When the Leaves Are in the Water. One of her long-held dreams came true in July of 2015 when Garrison Keillor read one of her poems on The Writer's Almanac. She believes, as author Julia Cameron says, "We are meant to midwife dreams for one another."
Maureen also believes that serious "word work" requires serious WordPlay, as play is how we humans best learn—and perform. What she loves best is witnessing all the other dreams that come true for her clients along the way. Language, when used with
intentionality and focus, is, after all, serious fuel for joy. Here's to yours! |
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