Putney: Reading the River, A Poetry Workshop

PUTNEY, Vt. – In Vermont, we know that rivers, like people – like communities – are complex. Calm pools, churning riffles. Steady periods of baseflow; floods that inspire awe and grief. Meanders, bends, sandy shores and rocky ones, floodplain forests, peaceful coves, rushing waters, and trickling streams. Rivers are places to wander solo and to gather, to process and to play, to think and to empty our minds, to steady ourselves and to embrace change.

We’ve put together this workshop to create space for connections with nuance and depth – both within our community of readers and writers, and between us and our riverlands.

We’ll read pieces from diverse styles, cultures, and time periods, including many from our own neck of the woods. We’ll share the reflections that these poems provoke for us, and talk through the poetic craft moves that make them tick. Then we’ll set off to write. What will you discover when you let the words flow?

Sign up on our website, www.vermontriverconservancy.org/news/putney-poetry, or just walk in.