Seeing with the Heart’s Ear

            A vision-shifting workshop focused on finding and making images
                         that resonate with our reflective and feeling life.
                                                   Martin Steingesser

                             
                                   “In order to become a doer and a maker, it is necessary first
   that the mind’s attention be entrapped and enthralled by what already exists.”
                                                                                                    —Mary Oliver

           “The forms we perceive through our senses bespeak invisible agencies. . . .
                                                                       As we grow quiet, our love rises.”
                                                                                                 —M.C. Richards

In this poetry workshop, we look at how wind soughing among spruce and hemlock,

lap of waves, the migrating geese, conversation in the halls and weather ruffle

the heart's fur, reflect and carry our stories. The opening focus is on the senses,

how to create and use imagery, then simile, metaphor, associative thinking,

repetition and variation, the use of color and simplicity of style. Engaging, accessible

poems are used to model writing strategies and for inspiration. And participants are

encouraged to explore voice in their writing and the pleasures of speaking and hearing

poems.