{"id":2442,"date":"2019-11-11T14:29:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T19:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2019-11-13T14:28:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T19:28:54","slug":"the-language-of-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/the-language-of-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Language of Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presented by Deborah Brown, award winning poet – part one<\/h3>\n

\"\"The Slovenian poet Tomaz Salamun wrote:<\/p>\n

The poet is a hunter, not an expresser. You express what you already have. The inexpressible is like the beast in the woods that the hunter always knows only by its tracks. The very fact that we can\u2019t describe it adequately now, searching as we are with various metaphors and similes, shows what a powerful thing it is, what attraction it has.<\/em><\/p>\n

In this two-session workshop participants will focus on the language of poetry, primarily image, metaphor, and simile to track our individual beasts and meanings. You will consider a few examples from contemporary poetry ( including \u201cTu Do\u201d by Yusef Komunyaka) and experiment with an exercise that helps with following our own tracks in language. We\u2019ll conclude with a prompt for you to work with; the results may, if you wish, be discussed in our next workshop.<\/p>\n

Deborah Brown\u2019s recent book, The Human Half<\/em> was published by BOA Editions in April, 2019. Her first book \u201cWalking the Dog\u2019s Shadow<\/em>,\u201d was a winner of the A. J. Poulin Jr. Award from BOA Editions and of a New Hampshire Literary Award for Outstanding Book of Poetry. The title poem of the collection was awarded a Pushcart Prize. She edited, with Maxine Kumin and Annie Finch, Lofty Dogmas: Poets on Poetics<\/em> (Univ. of Arkansas Press). With Richard Jackson and Susan Thomas, she translated the poems in Last Voyage: Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli<\/em> (Red Hen Press). She lives in Warner, NH.<\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0The workshop will be held at The Ford House on the campus of SNHU (2500 North River Road, Manchester, NH 03106 \u2014\u00a0Directions and parking info here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

WHEN:<\/strong> Saturday, November 23, 2019, 10 am to noon ; Part Two<\/strong> is on Saturday, December 7th, 2019.\u00a0 NOTE This is a two part workshop.\u00a0 You must register for each part separately. Part two information is here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

COST:<\/strong>\u00a0This workshop is $65 for NHWP members or $85 for nonmembers and is limited to 12 students. Register now to ensure your spot in the class using the \u201cRegister now\u201d button below.<\/p>\n

Not a member? Want to join a community of writers working to foster an audience for literature in New Hampshire?\u00a0Click here to join or renew your membership to the New Hampshire Writers Project.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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