Ashford Poet Laureate

 

The Ashford Arts Council is happy to celebrate Anthony Paticchio’s third year as our Poet Laureate. The Ashford Board of Selectmen has appointed him as the Town of Ashford’s Poet Laureate for a 3-year term. 

Read his poem, Becoming

During the past few years I have participated in a number of live and virtual readings.  I have also had a number of my own poems published in online and print journals both here and abroad.  I hosted my first poetry workshop last October.  Over the course of three Saturdays, six of us met at the Ashford Senior Center to read and discuss favorite poems, looking closely at the ways successful poems employ language, form, rhythm, and sound to convey emotion and meaning.  I’m planning a second workshop this Spring.  I look forward to sharing my love of poetry with you all

Spring 2023 Zoom Poetry Workshop With Tony Paticchio

Tony Paticchio, Ashford’s Poet Laureate, will be hosting a Winter 2023 Poetry Reading and Writing Workshop via Zoom on the following six Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 PM:

• January 25th
• February 8th
• February 22nd
• March 8th
• March 22nd
• April 5th

The workshop is open to both writing and non-writing participants.

Sessions will begin with close readings and discussions of several selected poems, and readings and discussion of poems and short prose pieces composed by workshop participants. There will generally be a theme for each session’s readings,
Writing participants may choose to follow the session theme, but are free to submit one to two. No prior experience reading or writing poetry is required.

PLEASE CONTACT TONY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, SPECIFYING WHETHER YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE AS A WRITER OR SOLELY AS A READER.