Close Encounters with Poetry

When and where

Date and time

Thu, Oct 1 · 3:30 p.m.Ends 5:00 p.m.EDT — local Kingston time

Location

Kingston WritersFest221 Queen Street, KingstonKingston

About this event

Poetry is a medium in which form and meaning are in close encounter—so how do we write poems that make organic connections between structure and subject? Concoct homemade verse forms during a workshop that will stretch your poetic imagination and find new ways to bring your ideas to the page.  Sadiqa de Meijer is a poet and essayist who serves as Kingston’s Poet Laureate. Her major works include Leaving Howe Island, alfabet/alphabet, and her most recent release, Qaf's People. She won the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction for alfabet/alphabet. 

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$50 CAD (listed — confirm on the official page)

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