Free Community Workshop!

Nature Poetry Writing
Led by: Angela Patten
Coordinated by: Elise Schadler
Date: Sunday, July 16th
Time: 6:00-7:30PM
Location: Oakledge Park

From William Wordsworth to Mary Oliver, poets have turned to nature for inspiration, consolation, fascination and delight. We invite you to join your friends and neighbors by taking time out to read, write and reflect on our natural landscape, and allow it to inspire you to create your own imaginative poems. We’ll begin by reading a selection of poems by well-known poets. Then, armed with suggestions from Angela, participants will disperse to look, listen and record their observations and reflections. After a period of time alone, we will come back together to talk about how we might turn our first impressions into finished poems we might want to share.

Please bring your own writing materials. Adults and teens only, please.

This workshop is free, but pre-registration is required. To register, click here: https://burlingtonnaturepoetry.eventbrite.com

This workshop will be led by Angela Patten. Angela is the author of three poetry collections, In Praise of Usefulness (Wind Ridge Books, Vermont), Reliquaries and Still Listening, both from Salmon Poetry, Ireland, and a prose memoir, High Tea at a Low Table (Wind Ridge Books, Vermont). Her work has been published in a wide variety of literary journals and anthologies. Winner of the 2016 National Poetry Prize from the Cape Cod Cultural Center, she has also received creation grants from the Vermont Community Foundation and the Vermont Arts Council. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, she now lives in Burlington, Vermont, where she teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Vermont.

This workshop is part of a series of art workshops inspired by and held in Burlington’s natural landscapes. The series is coordinated through the Burlington Master Naturalist Program, a program of the City of Burlington's Department of Parks, Recreation, & Waterfront. Learn more at https://enjoyburlington.com/master-naturalist-btv-program/