The list below of poetry readings, workshops, submissions and more comes to you from the women of Poetry Unlocked: Katie Chicquette-Adams, Cathryn Cofell, Sarah Gilbert, Bobbie Lee Lovell and Laura Winkelspecht.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 11
JANE BANNING AND ELIZABETH TORNES
7:00 pm
Virtual – see link below
Jane Banning lives in northern Wisconsin and has had over thirty of her stories, poems, and flash fiction writings published in various journals, including the Boston Literary Magazine, the University of Iowa Daily Palette, and Long Story Short, among others. She was a finalist in the Glass Woman Prize and the Micro Award. Asparagus Roots was published in February 2018 by Big Table Publishing and is a compilation of flash fiction, essays and poetry. Jane likes reading, yoga and pickle ball.
Elizabeth Tornes has published three poetry collections, Between the Dog and the Wolf (Five Oaks Press, Winter Chapbook Prize 2016) New Moon (Finishing Line Press, New Women’s Voices, 2013) and Snowbound (Giiwedin Press, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets 2012 Chapbook Contest First Prize Winner). Her poems have been published in Boulevard, Main Street Rag, The Missouri Review, North American Review, Poetry Daily, and Ploughshares. Recent poems have appeared in The American Poetry Journal and The Comstock Review. She lives in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin.
A limited open mic will follow (one piece, two if they are short).
TO REGISTER FOR JANE AND ELIZABETH, CLICK ON THIS ZOOM LINK:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvf-yrqDIvHdYrFgIliPn0Bzrl_v0NhTC_
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
ON DECK FOR POETRY UNLOCKED (virtual):
NOV 8 John Fritzell and Annette Langlois-Grunseth
DEC 13 WFOP Poets’ Calendar 2022
These events are brought to you, in part, by the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP), an organization founded for the creation, promotion and enjoyment of poetry throughout the state of Wisconsin. To learn more, visit www.wfop.org.
OTHER READINGS & EVENTS IN THE AREA
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NEW group at the Appleton Public Library
Starting October 27th, the library is supporting a monthly, virtual group that will explore life’s big topics in poetry with the hopes of creating connections and a sense of belonging in the community.
DG Clearing will be attending the kickoff session to read his poem, Mom, which was featured in the Post Crescent.
All poems will be printed and available for pickup at the Information Desk on the first floor.
Mom by Dg Clearing
An American Nurse Foresees Her Death by Amit Majmudar
And the People Stayed Home by Kitty O’Meara
This is a great place for those who are brand new or well-versed in poetry to get a little deeper with exploration and great discussion. All are welcome!
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-qhrj8iGdxObAwqie5iqvYkbKKGobjX
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Two-Part Zoom Workshop
Writing Grief & Loss
October 14 & November 11, 7-8:30 p.m.
Featuring Jessica Barksdale
Poetry at Large is hosting a series of writing workshops to complement engaged and active poetry readings in the Fox Valley and Door County.
Let’s take our writing to the next level with quality instruction and the challenge to delve deeper and advocate for what matters with our poetry.
WRITING GRIEF AND LOSS
The most painful experiences are often those we truly want to write about. But how do we approach hard topics without sinking our poetic ships with excess melodrama and pathos? How can we invite our readers in and ask them to stay and bear witness without them running from our poems as if their hair were on fire?
In these two sessions, we will look at examples of how other poets have found ways to write about life’s most difficult challenges. Humor, hyperbole, specificity, detail, tone, voice, narrative all provide ways into profound writing about loss and grief.
The first session will focus on craft and studying examples as well as some brainstorming for our own work. And the second session will be dedicated to work shopping poems together.
Register in advance for both Part 1 (https://wfop.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=93d84b1658d7e0c45e0b5f065&id=04618141b3&e=1e5254b330)
and Part 2 (https://wfop.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=93d84b1658d7e0c45e0b5f065&id=8c7bc4d85a&e=1e5254b330) to authenticate all participants. It’s easy!
Jessica Barksdale’s fifteenth novel, The Play’s the Thing, and second poetry collection, Grim Honey, were both published Spring 2021. Her novels include Her Daughter’s Eyes, The Matter of Grace, and When You Believe. A Pushcart Prize and Best-of-the-Net nominee, her short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in or are forthcoming in the North American Review, Salt Hill Journal, Tahoma Review, and So to Speak. Recently retired, she taught at Diablo Valley College for thirty-two years and continues to teach novel writing online for UCLA Extension and in the online MFA program for Southern New Hampshire University.
Poetry AT LARGE is the regional website of Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.