Downstream: Writing with the Current

Join Paulann Petersen in a poetry workshop dedicated to creation, reflection, and craft.

Using notable poems as springboards, we'll turn ourselves loose in the river of words, letting language carry us along in its current. Each session, we'll generate some new work. We'll also look at your poems (either ones you've written in our workshop, or earlier ones you've brought with you) for possible ways to strengthen them through revision.

The word "revision" offers us a bracing truth. To truly revise is to do much more than mere editing and tinkering: it's learning to see our poems anew, moving them toward their strengths. I'll use critiques as opportunities for short lessons, addressing issues of craft raised by the particular poem we're looking at. We'll be lingering in a few eddies, examining significant elements of craft such as line integrity, dramatic strategy, voice and trope.

My goal is to have each participant leave the workshop with both an outpouring of new material, and some new--or newly honed--tools for revision.

This workshop is open to writers of all levels of experience.

Sundays, 12-3 pm, April 26th to May 31st

Please visit
http://atticwritersworkshop.com/workshop/downstream-writing-current

Art and Poetry at the Preserve

Welcome spring and exercise your artistic muse in an Art and Poetry workshop at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve! Learn how to capture the essence of the natural world using simple illustration and collage. Then transition into creating and composing short poetry following models, exercises and fresh ideas. Take a few hours for yourself and expect to enjoy a relaxed atmosphere and friendly fun.

Art and writing exercises will be different on each date, so you may attend either or both workshops!

Marie Buckely (poetry) is an adjunct instructor at PCC and an instructor at the Walters Cultural Arts Center. She is an award winning poet and board member of the Oregon State Poetry Association.

Alice Hill (art) is an instructor at PNCA, Walters Cultural Art Center and the Portland Art Museum. She heads Rise Above – the art program for homeless teens in Hillsboro sponsored through the Hillsboro Community Arts.

Register through Hillsboro Parks and Recreation at 503-681-5397.
April 19 (course #20592), April 26 (course #20593)

Sunday, April 19 and Sunday, April 26
11:00am - 2:30pm
$35 per person per session