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Veronica Patterson | Presenter |
Veronica will be teaching a session on the following topic: Why We Need the Birds: How Poetry Takes Flight - Birds are mythical, metaphorical, and in the yard. We are often in the presence of birds—in predawn hours, along a sidewalk or trail, on a lake as they migrate in spring or fall. Birds both companion our lives and act as indicator species for what’s happening in our environment. How can considering them and writing about them help our poetry take flight? In this workshop we will read selected poems about birds, from black-capped chickadees and magpies to swans and sandhill cranes. And then we'll write. Launching from birds, the writing can take us in any direction. |