FORMAL POETRY WORKSHOPS Registration

Spring 2010

This spring the MAC will host a series of four formal poetry workshops. Workshop leader Anna Evans is a former British

citizen now residing in New Jersey. Her poems have appeared in journals such as The Harvard Review,The Atlanta

Review, and Rattle .She was a finalist for both the 2005 and 2007 Howard Nemerov sonnet award, and for the 2007

Willis Barnstone Translation Award. She is editor of The Raintown Review and editor of the formal poetry e-zine the

Barefoot Muse.

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I will attend (please check all that apply):

q Workshop 1 – BASIC METER & BLANK VERSE – Sunday February 7^th 12-2 p.m.

If you have ever shaken your head and claimed you can't "hear meter" here is your opportunity to acquire this basic poetic skill

Rhyme made subtle, slant rhyme, assonance, consonance, and tricks of the trade.

q Workshop 3 – INTRODUCTION TO FORMS - Sunday March 14^th 12-2 p.m.

The villainous villanelle, the seductive sestina, the tricky little triolet and more...

q Workshop 4 – THE SONNET – Sunday April 18^th 12-2 p.m.

Your chance to create one of these classic 14-lined poetic jewels!

$15 per workshop or $50 to attend all four

Amount due:______________________________________________________

Please make checks payable to The Manayunk Art Center