Massachusetts Statewide Poetry Calendar 2

The Medford Senior Center presents Poetry in Pictures, led by award-winning photographer and published poet Robert Castagna. Ever imagine writing a poem that drew a picture in another person’s mind? Or imagine combining your photographs with your words? In this class, you will creatively write and put your poetic voices to images of your choosing. Whether old photographs or newly taken ones, your voice and images will emerge from the shadows, as Robert helps you see pictures and words in new ways. Seats are limited; to reserve your place, call the Senior Center at 781-396-6010.

Are you in grades 6-9? Are you a writer or a poet? Do you WANT to be one? Have we got a series for you!

Join us for a 5-week poetry workshop to develop your own poetic voice and explore the possibilities of poetic form. We'll examine work from famous poets from history and today, and help you develop your ideas and your writing with constructive collaboration in this small and supportive group. This workshop is presented by Creative Writing students from Wheaton College. Ages 11-14.

Registration is required and covers the following dates; please register once and plan to attend all five sessions.

The following Thursdays from 5:30-6:30

2/8
2/15
2/22
2/29
3/7

Poets have long understood the connection between, in the words of Robert Frost, “inner and outer weather.” Today, as human activity is changing the climate and our earth at an unprecedented rate, poetry helps us find our grounding and gives us tools for greater connection, voice, and vision.
In this interactive reading and workshop, poet, teacher, and activist Nadia Colburn will read from her poetry book I Say the Sky and lead participants in meditations, prompts, and discussion around our own inner and outer weathers. How do we stay grounded in this time of crisis? How do we cultivate and nourish a vision of connection and belonging? And how can we find our own voice amidst both the clamoring noise of our public, busy world, and the many forces of silence around us?
Nadia will share her own poems and her personal journey behind them; she’ll also share her unique method of coupling mediation and writing so that participants can experience for themselves the power of listening and writing from a more integrated place. There will be time for writing and discussion, and we’ll explore ways to create bridges between poetry and environmental and social engagement.
The workshop is designed to be both restorative and energizing, and is appropriate for people with any level of writing and environmental experience. Take home resources to deepen your connection to poetry as well as new ways to get involved in environmental action.