Poetry Workshops at the Poetry Foundation Library

WORKSHOP Forms and Features: Ekphrastic Poetry Saturday, March 14 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free Admission All experience levels are welcome to a discussion and creative workshop moderated by library staff. In March, we will explore ekphrastic poetry, verse that describes and responds to works of art, including paintings, photographs, sculpture, and music. Please register in advance by emailinglibrary@poetryfoundation.org.     WORKSHOP Forms and Features: Personification Saturday, April 4 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free Admission All experience levels are welcome to a discussion and creative workshop moderated by library staff. In April, we will explore personification, the device that transforms the non-human (the animal, the collective, the inanimate, the abstract) into human. Please register in advance by emailinglibrary@poetryfoundation.org.   WINTER CHICAGO EVENTS SCHEDULE

Submit an event If you would like your poetry event to be included in our Around the City Newsletter, please e-mailmedia@poetryfoundation.org with a web link to your event site. Include the event sponsor or series, names of featured poets, date, and time. Library Book Club: Beth Bachmann March 20: The monthly book group discusses Beth Bachmann’s Do Not Rise. All experience levels are welcome. Please register in advance by emailinglibrary@poetryfoundation.org.