BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20220322T030016Z DTSTAMP:20220322T030016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T210449Z DESCRIPTION:The Soul of the\nPoem: Using Voltas\, or Turns\, to Bring Life to Your Poems\n\nThe volta or poetic\nturn is a powerful technique that can bring greater dimensionality and tension\nto create a more interesting experience for the reader. As the poet Jane\nHirshfield says\, “to say one thing [in a poem] is simply not\nto say enough.” In this\ninteractive session\, we will examine how poets have created these turns in\ntheir work\, and using generative exercises\, we will practice using this\ntechnique to awaken our poems.Luisa Caycedo-Kimura is a Colombian-born writer\, translator\, educator\, and former attorney. Her honors include a John K. Walsh Residency Fellowship at the Anderson Center\, an Adrienne Reiner Hochstadt Fellowship at Ragdale\, and a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship. She is an Editor of \;Connecticut River Review\, a board member of the Connecticut Poetry Society\, and a member of the Hill-Stead Museum’s Poetry Advisory Committee. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee\, her poems have been published in \;The Cincinnati Review\, \;Sunken Garden Poetry 1992-2011\, \;RHINO\, \;Diode\, \;Shenandoah\, \;Mid-American Review\, and elsewhere.Upon registering your email for this program\, you will receive the Zoom link to join. All participants will start with video off and sound muted. \;No computer/internet at home? Call the Library for the phone number\, meeting ID &\; password and join us over the phone.\nImage URL: https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.evanced.info/Customer/bplct/POETRY_MAY_WORKSHOPS_(1)_5BFFBE3D.JPG X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The Soul of the\nPoem: Using Voltas\, or Turns\, to Bring Life to Your Poems
The volta or poetic\nturn is a powerful technique that can bring greater dimensionality and tension\nto create a more interesting experience for the reader. As the poet Jane\nHirshfield says\, “to say one thing [in a poem] is simply not\nto say enough.” In this\ninteractive session\, we will examine how poets have created these turns in\ntheir work\, and using generative exercises\, we will practice using this\ntechnique to awaken our poems.
Luisa Caycedo-Kimura is a Colombian-born writer\, translator\, educator\, and former attorney. Her honors include a John K. Walsh Residency Fellowship at the Anderson Center\, an Adrienne Reiner Hochstadt Fellowship at Ragdale\, and a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship. She is an Editor of \;Connecticut River Review\, a board member of the Connecticut Poetry Society\, and a member of the Hill-Stead Museum’s Poetry Advisory Committee. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee\, her poems have been published in \;The Cincinnati Review\, \;Sunken Garden Poetry 1992-2011\, \;RHINO\, \;Diode\, \;Shenandoah\, \;Mid-American Review\, and elsewhere.
Upon registering your email for this program\, you will receive the Zoom link to join. All participants will start with video off and sound muted. \;No computer/internet at home? Call the Library for the phone number\, meeting ID &\; password and join us over the phone.