Veterans Poetry Workshop: Poetry as a Personal Odyssey

Program Type:

Workshop, Writing

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

This workshop will show attendees how to blend personal experience with historical and current events to create work that is universal. Examples of poems in early and later drafts will be used to show an original concept expanding with research and tightening with revision. In classroom exercises, participants will create their own poem and be guided through an examination of their work.

The intended audience for this program is adults 18+ who are military veterans. Registration is recommended.

Instructor Bio: Bill Glose is a combat veteran and the author of six books. In 2011, he was named the Daily Press Poet Laureate, and in 2017, he was featured by NPR on The Writer’s Almanac. Other honors include the F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Award, the Dateline Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the Missouri Humanities Council Award for Veteran’s Poetry. Commenting on one of Glose’s five books of poetry, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers said, “Bill Glose’s poetry brings the last twelve years of war in the Middle East and Central Asia into sharp focus. … Everyone will learn from this work.”