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Poetry is knowledge, salvation, power, abandonment. An operation capable of changing the world, poetic activity is revolutionary by nature; a spiritual exercise, it is a means of interior liberation. Poetry reveals this world; it creates another.                                                             -Octavio Paz

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FEBRUARY – MARCH, 2023

ONLINE!

THE MAGIC OF THE POETIC LINE

w/Sawnie Morris 

Description: We have come through, and are not yet done with, difficult times. It’s good to remember we all descend from ancestors who survived eras in history as bad or worse –-  ancestors starting with the tiny microbes that clustered to shape the organisms that evolved into who we are now, as well as into the plants and animals who are our distant, yet entirely present, kin. Such a creative journey is intrinsic to our very make-up and is always a matter of exploring forms that provide resilience and give the life force expression. Tat expression may be as gentle and quiet as a lily pad, as internal as a worm, as stately as a big horned sheep, or as active as a tiger, but the dynamism of the earth and the cosmos sings in each.  In this workshop, we will explore a range of forms –– traditional  as well as free-verse –– and approaches through which the poetic imagination may express itself. Each week, you’ll receive poems and prompts to inspire and to use as you wish in the making of your own poems, along with craft notes. Each week we’ll share our poems with one another in a generous, respectful, and informed workshop format, with brief written comments on your poems from Sawnie and the opportunity to meet with her during “office hours.” Each week we will open ourselves to the presence and the resilience of the poetic imagination.

        • Workshop Dates:  Sundays, February 5 – March 26,  2023, 8 weeks,
        • Time:  1pm – 3:45/4pm Mountain Time
        • Location:  Online via zoom 
        • Technical requirements:  A computer with a built-in camera and the ability to send and receive email attachments in a word doc format
        • Course Fee:  $500 if received by January 27, 2023,  $525 if received after January 27nd, 2023

If you would like to contribute to the Poetry Workshop Scholarship Fund, in order to make it possible for someone to attend a workshop who would otherwise be unable to do so, please let me know.  Likewise, if you want to apply for a scholarship, please let me know and I will put your name on the list.   

        • Two steps to confirm your place in the workshop:
          • 1) Contact Sawnie 
          • 2) Pay the course fee by check or Zelle 
        • To pay by check, send to: 
          • Sawnie Morris
          • 54 Vista Linda Road
          • Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557.       (notice that the address is not “Taos”)  
        • To pay by Zelle:
          • Contact your bank for instructions. It’s easy!   Contact Sawnie for the account name

I look forward to our reading & writing poems together.

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