Doorway to Listening: Poems of Stillness, Attention and Grace
with Marie Howe & Laurie Wagner

Photo Credit Oiselle Ryan Warner

Live Online :: Monday, June 17th 2024 (8-9:30am Pacific)

Friends,

Please Join me in welcoming our friend, Marie Howe, one of America’s most prominent living poets, as she explores the journey of writing poetry, and how she learned to become a deep and trusted listener.

Monday June 17th, 8-9:30 am pacific on zoom

As with all of our sessions with writers and creatives, these 90-minutes with Marie are an opportunity to engage with someone who, in sharing their gifts and experiences, can enhance and inspire our own thoughtful journey on the page.

During our time together, Marie will read from her own work, dropping into the particular experience of each poem and what it asked of her. You don’t have to be a poet to walk away with gems from this discussion. All writers benefit from learning to listen to what is moving through them so that their work is in relationship to the world, and not separate.

In our session together, we will talk about:

  • Becoming a receptive channel for deep and trusted listening.
  • The power of silence and stillness.
  • Opening ourselves to nature and to the world around us so that our work is engaged, rings true, and is helpful.
  • Writing intuitively instead of forcing words onto the page
  • And from there, the beginning of crafting.

There will be a chance to engage with Marie, a generous and loving teacher, who we are so privileged to invite into our circle.

Live Online ::
Marie Howe & Laurie Wagner

Monday, June 17th, 2024: 8-9:30am Pacific

Wild Writing Family members, enter your discount code to save $10!
Not sure what your code is? Check your email invitation or the member site.

PLEASE NOTE: For those who can’t make the live call or who want to review, the video replay will be sent within 24 hours of the live call.

Marie Howe has taught writing at Tufts University and Warren Wilson College. She is presently on the writing faculties at Columbia UniversitySarah Lawrence College, and New York University.

Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Poetry, Agni, Ploughshares, and Harvard Review [11]. Her honors include National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim fellowships. Her books include, The Good Thief, What the Living Do, Madaline, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, and the most recent New and Selected Poems,

From 2012-2014, she served as the Poet Laureate of New York State. She is the poet in residence at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.

http://www.mariehowe.com

Live Online ::
Marie Howe & Laurie Wagner

Monday, June 17th, 2024: 8-9:30am Pacific

Wild Writing Family members, enter your discount code to save $10!
Not sure what your code is? Check your email invitation or the member site.

We want to open these A la Carte classes to as many people as possible. If you are suffering financial hardship, please contact us at alacarte@27powers.org for our discounted rate. We will do our best to accommodate a reduced rate for those in need. 
I’m excited to be partnering with Chapter 510, a nonprofit group in Oakland serving black, brown, and queer kids, ages 7- 18. Chapter 510 is a writing, bookmaking & publishing center that wants every young person in Oakland to write with confidence and joy. Chapter 510 believes that writing is an act of liberation, and that young people transform themselves and their communities when they write and get published, succeeding in work, school, and life. A portion of the proceeds from this event will go to supporting their free creative writing programs for black, brown, and queer youth.