Jean-Michel Renaitour wrote that poetry is “an instinct that one divines, it is a scenery one discovers, it is a cry which reveals heart.” These thoughts inspired me to title this poetry writing workshop “Imagination & Heart.”
Open to students of all writing levels, this is a generative workshop with the goal of publishing students’ work in a poetry book. Additionally, this workshop features writing exercises to assist in developing poetic instinct, discovery and heart.
Classes meet Wednesday afternoons (May 25, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) 3 – 5 p.m. at Montford Books & More, 31 Montford Ave., Asheville, NC 28801.
Matthew Mulder has published poetry and prose in national and international journals and magazines including Crab Creek Review, H_NGM_N, The Indie, ISM Quarterly, Southern Cross Review and others. He teaches poetry writing classes at Asheville bookstores and fine arts centers and is presently translating selected works of German poet Rolf Dieter Brinkmann. He is the author of LATE NIGHT WRITING (2004) and editor of TOMORROW WE SWEAT POETRY (2009) and A BODY TURNING (2010). His new poems are anthologized in ROOFTOP POETS (2010).
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