Winter Poetry Workshop

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 EMAIL Tony Paticcihi  IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE,
SPECIFYING WHETHER YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE AS A WRITER AND
READER, OR SOLELY AS A READER.

Winter 2023 Poetry Workshop, April 5th

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 EMAIL Tony Paticcihi  IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE,
SPECIFYING WHETHER YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE AS A WRITER AND
READER, OR SOLELY AS A READER.

Winter 2023 Poetry Workshop Mar 22nd

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 EMAIL Tony Paticcihi  IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE,
SPECIFYING WHETHER YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE AS A WRITER AND
READER, OR SOLELY AS A READER.

Winter 2023 Poetry Workshop, March 8th

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 EMAIL Tony Paticcihi  IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE,
SPECIFYING WHETHER YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE AS A WRITER AND
READER, OR SOLELY AS A READER.

Winter 2023 Poetry Workshop, Feb 22nd

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 EMAIL Tony Paticcihi  IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE,
SPECIFYING WHETHER YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE AS A WRITER AND
READER, OR SOLELY AS A READER.

Winter 2023 Poetry Workshop, Feb 8th

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 EMAIL Tony Paticcihi  IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE,
SPECIFYING WHETHER YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE AS A WRITER AND
READER, OR SOLELY AS A READER.

Winter 2023 Poetry Workshop, Jan 25th

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 EMAIL Tony Paticcihi  IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE,
SPECIFYING WHETHER YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE AS A WRITER AND
READER, OR SOLELY AS A READER.

Fall 2022 Poetry Reading and Writing Workshop

Tony Paticchio, Ashford’s Poet Laureate, will be hosting a Fall 2022 Poetry Reading and Writing Workshop for up to ten participants via Zoom on the following six Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:40 PM:  October 5, 19, November 2, 16, 30, and December 14.

 

Sessions will begin with close readings and discussions of several selected poems, focusing for the most part (though not exclusively) on free verse by 20th and 21st Century poets, followed by readings and discussion of poems and short prose pieces composed by workshop participants.  We will generally have a theme for each session’s readings, and will consider and discuss not just the sense and meaning of the selected poems, but also how the poems are constructed, including, among other things, how word choice, meter, sound, tone, repetition, metaphor, line length, and speaker voice contribute to our experience of reading the poems.

 

Writing participants may choose to follow the session theme, but are free to submit one to two pages of any new or revised work at each session. No prior experience reading or writing poetry is required. I will provide to all workshop participants a selected reading list of resources, as well as a glossary of terms we will want to be familiar with and use as we consider and discuss poems.

 

Participants:  This workshop is open to writing participants who are willing to share and workshop their own poems, as well as to those who are interested in reading and discussing poetry, but don’t now have work of their own to share.  Please indicate your preference when you contact me.