Description of “Revision: -scaping the poem”
The poetry retreat will be held on the weekend of September 17, 2010.
How do you know when a poem is ready for publication or performance? In this retreat you will learn, and apply in revisions, three strategies for guiding you in making each poem’s final revisions.
These “-scaping” strategies will assess how accurately you have: located the reader; positioned the narrator’s voice; scored the poem’s inherent movement on the page. Learning how to develop a “third” ear by reading a poem aloud will inform this informative approach to revision.
Poets who work in individual poems, suites of poems or a manuscript are all welcome.
Pre-retreat submission
A pre-retreat email submission of poems is required. Details will be sent about this upon registration.
Key information
Teacher: Betsy Warland
Maximum number of participants: 12
Location: Annie’s Acre Bed and Breakfast (www.anniesacre.com) in Nanoose Bay. 2335 Weston Place, Nanoose Bay.
Dates
Range: September 17, 18, and 19, 2010.
Times:
- Friday: 7:00-9:00 pm
- Saturday: 10am-12:00 noon, lunch with time to write; 3:30-5:30 pm; dinner, 7:30-9:30 pm
- Sunday: 10:00-12:00 pm
Cost
Total: $250 for the weekend, including meals.
Deposit: $100 due upon registration, to secure your spot as they are limited.
Balance: $150 due by Labour Day Weekend.
If you need accommodation, please let us know and we will do our best to help you find some. If you are willing to camp, in either tent or small trailer, we are on one acre with plenty of room. Please let us know. There will be no extra fee for camping here.
Register
To register, email Tina at tbiello@shaw.ca or phone her at 250-468-7960.