From staff reports
Marjory Wentworth, past Poet Laureate of South Carolina, will take part in two events this weekend at the Pat Conroy Literary Center at 601 Bladen Street in Beaufort.
In honor of National Poetry Month, the Conroy Center will host an evening with Wentworth, author of “One River, One Boat,” at 5 p.m., Friday, April 25. Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve a place 843-379-7025.
Those interested can learn more at https://bit.ly/4jISE06.
Then on Saturday, April 26, Wentworth will host the “Writing Living Newspapers Workshop.”
Laurence Ferlinghetti wrote, “If you would be a poet, write living newspapers.” In this workshop, Wentworth will consider the ways the occasion poem is often written to document or provide commentary on an event. Sometimes it is intended to be read or performed publicly, but not necessarily.
There are no specific guidelines for occasion poems, except that they mark a specific occasion or situation. The poems can be long or short, serious or humorous, formal or experimental. The event will look at several occasion poems together and consider ways we too can “write living newspapers.”
This in-person writers workshop is limited to 12 participants with advance registration required; cost is $45 per person.
Learn more or register at https://bit.ly/44ETQ0b.
