Poetry workshop looks at using description
The Northwest Cultural Council announces a Second Saturday Poetry Workshop from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 10, led by Bill Yarrow. Saturday's topic will be "The Meaning and Function of Description."
This workshop will explore the use and misuse of description in poetry. Participants will learn specific techniques to improve their poems as the group discusses how to select, create and integrate descriptive details into poetry.
Bill Yarrow, a professor of English at Joliet Junior College and seven-time Pushcart Prize nominee, is the author of "The Vig of Love," "Blasphemer," "Pointed Sentences," and four chapbooks. His poems have appeared in many print and online magazines, including Pirene's Fountain, Poetry International, RHINO, FRiGG, Altered Scale, Gargoyle, Iodine Poetry Journal, Fulcrum, and PANK.
He is the co-author of "Pointed Music," a CD of poems from Pointed Sentences set to original music by the Boston composer Ray Fahrner.
Yarrow is featured in Derek Alger's "Beginnings: How 14 Poets Got Their Start." His work also appears in the anthologies Ars Moriendi, "This is Poetry: Volume II: The Midwest Poets," and "Aeolian Harp, Volume One." He is an editor at the online journal Blue Fifth Review.
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 details and to R.S.V.P., call (847) 382-6922 or email nwcc@att.net.
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