Poetry workshop is on ‘The Poetry of Bafflement’
The Northwest Cultural Council announces a Second Saturday Poetry Workshop to be held from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Jan. 11, led by Maureen Tolman Flannery. Saturday’s topic will be “The Poetry of Bafflement.”
Maureen Tolman Flannery’s most recent volume of poems is “Tunnel into Morning.” Her other books include “Destiny Whispers to the Beloved,” “A Fine Line,” and the Pulitzer-Prize-nominated “Ancestors in the Landscape.”
Although she grew up in a Wyoming sheep ranch family, Flannery and her actor husband Dan have raised their four children in Chicago. Her poems have appeared in 50 anthologies and 200 literary reviews, including Birmingham Poetry Review, Xavier Review, Calyx, Pedestal, Atlanta Review, Karamu, North American Review, Poetry East, and Santa Fe Literary Review.
Poets not only have a fine eye for detail and an intense awareness of feeling, they approach the world with a heightened sense of wonder. In what diverse ways have poets translated the existential question, “How can this be?”
Participants are encouraged to bring 15 copies of their own work to share with the group. Workshops take place at the Palatine Public Library, 700 N. North Court, Palatine, the second Saturday of each month. All poets and writers are invited to attend the workshop. The cost is $15.
For information or to R.S.V.P., contact the gallery at (847) 991-7966 or nwcc@northwestculturalcouncil.org.
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