Poetry Retreat
May 15 – May 18 EDT
For this contemplative poetry retreat, we’ll use Ecclesiastes 3:1–8—as well as the Pete Seeger folk song inspired by it—to address, question, and respond to timely topics. We’ll “Turn! Turn! Turn!” from odes to laments, love poems to war poems, aubades to elegies, and meditations to protests. Time permitting, we’ll experiment with the humorous, the lyrical, the narrative, and lesser known poetic forms such as the abecedarian. Following Ecclesiastes, we find “To everything there is a season”: This is your time to write, rest, and interact.
Retreat starts Thursday with Dinner at 5:30 and ends Sunday morning