SISTERS
SINGING
An Evening of Poetry
& Prose
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2009, 7:30 PM MONTECITO LIBRARY
1469 East Valley Road, Montecito Admission $5 -$10
In celebration of the new anthology
SISTERS SINGING:
BLESSINGS, PRAYERS, ART, SONGS, POETRY AND SACRED STORIES BY WOMEN
Featuring poet and writer DEENA METZGER
author of Ruin and Beauty: New & Selected Poems with
writers and poets NANCY RIGG,DEBORAH EDLER BROWN,
HOLLY METZ,DANELIA WILD, CARMEN RITA MENENDEZ,
REEM HAMMAD, LAWRIE HARTT, MARIA PAPACOSTAKI
and Sisters Singing editor CAROLYN BRIGIT FLYNN

COSPONSORED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL CHANGE
www.InstituteforCulturalChange.org
www.sisterssinging.com
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Santa Barbara's Writer's Conference
Poetry in Motion Series:

June 14 at the Blue Agave
Chryss Yost leads workshop
“Repetition, Rhythm, and Rhyme: Using Formal Techniques in Your Poetry.”

SBWC’s Weekend of Poetry workshop leaders have cooked up a great series of one-day
poetry workshops this summer and fall. We’re calling the series Poetry in Motion, and it started May 17 with a workshop led by Barry Spacks. On June 14, Chryss Yost leads a workshop called, “Repetition, Rhythm, and Rhyme: Using Formal Techniques in Your Poetry.” On Sept. 13, Perie Longo leads a workshop entitled, “The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Narrative Poetry.” The city of Santa Barbara’s poet laureate, David Starkey, will lead the final workshop, “At Your Best: Cultivating Your Poetic Strengths,” on Oct. 18.
All the workshops will emphasize crafting and revising your poems, and they will be held in a lovely, private room in an intimate restaurant in downtown Santa Barbara called The Blue Agave. The workshops are limited to no more than 20 participants and pre-registration is required.
Cost is $120 per workshop, which includes lunch at the restaurant. You can sign up for
individual workshops, or buy the remaining series of Poetry in Motion workshops for a
discounted rate of $300. For more information, email us call (805) 964-0367.

Here’s the tentative schedule:

9 – 9:30 a.m. – Registration and greetings
9:30 – 10:30 – Poetry reading and discussion of poetic practice, craft and creativity.
10:40 – 11:40 – Small group workshops (up to three depending on size of group)
11:50 – 12:30 – Writing to prompts, read-alouds and comments from group
12:30 – 2 p.m. – Lunch
2 – 3 – Workshops as in the morning
3:10 – 4:30 – Poetry readings by all participants
4:30 – 5:15 p.m. – Socializing (cash bar from restaurant)

Register by sending a check made out to SBWC to: P.O. Box 6627, Santa Barbara, CA 93160.
Please note the date of the workshop you’d like to attend on your check.

Phil Taggert's Ventura & Santa Barbara Poetry List

2009 Santa Barbara Summer Poetry Workshop