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Devotions: A discussion series reveling in the poetry of Mary Oliver

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on October 23, 2020| 2 Comments »

What will you do with your one wild and precious life? For five decades, Mary Oliver wrote poetry that invited us to live more wholly, more attentively, more wildly in the world. In this five-week discussion class, we’ll discuss poems from her new selected poems, Devotions, which Oliver herself curated and arranged. We’ll do as she invites us: to pause with her and see and feel the world, to fall in love with life and to explore more deeply what it means to be human. As we read her poems, we’ll try to following her instructions: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Hardcover books provided by SHYFT at Mile High. Hosted by SHYFT at Mile High. $140. Scholarships available.

Choose either Mondays (beginning Nov. 9) 

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Wednesdays (beginning Nov. 11).

This event is hosted by SHYFT at Mile High, whose mission is to provide all people, regardless of ability to pay, with classes and programs proven to reduce stress, heal trauma, and create connection.

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Risking Everything: A 5-week Poetry Discussion Series on Love & Revelation

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on August 30, 2020| 5 Comments »

“Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”

—Mary Oliver

Perhaps your heart and mind would like a little nudge toward opening? Perhaps you’d enjoy conversations that help us deeply connect with others and the world around us? Join poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer for this five-week poetry discussion series using Risking Everything: 110 Poems of Love and Revelation. Featuring contemporary American poets and international masters, the collection edited by Roger Housden helps us “relinquish our grip on ideas and opinions that confine us, and instead, risk moving forward into the life that is truly ours.” No previous poetry experience or affinity necessary. Tuesdays, September 8-October 6. 3-5 p.m. MDT. $140. Book included.

This event is hosted bySHYFT at Mile High whose mission is to provide all people, regardless of ability to pay, with classes and programs proven to reduce stress, heal trauma, and create connection.

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REGISTRATION LINKRegister in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvc–hrT8uEt1Q2oxW-AIvz5d5t-XGhUN9 

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Celebrating American Poetics: A Discussion Series on America’s Most Recent Poet Laureates

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 6, 2016| Leave a Comment »

November 8, Nov. 15, Nov. 29, Dec. 13

Wilkinson Public Library, Telluride, CO, 6-8 p.m.

Back in high school English class, you probably learned how poets spoke for their time—how the literature of the day reflected all that was happening politically, culturally, spiritually and economically.

 Who’s speaking for us today? In this series, we’ll take a look at the four most recent U.S. poet laureates: Philip Levine, Natasha Trethewey, Charles Wright and Juan Felipe Herrera. Nov. 8 features Levine, known as a poet for the working class people. 

Appointed annually by the librarian of Congress, the official job description of the Poet Laureate is to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry. But the Poet Laureate, who is selected by a committee that includes the current Laureate and distinguished poetry critics, is someone who represents the prevailing poetry aesthetic.

What do your laureates have to say about you? And what do you think of them? And what, in fifty years, will high school students have to say about how these poets spoke to our time here on this planet, in this country?

The Nov. 22 Tuesday will not feature a class due to the holiday. The Dec. 6 Tuesday will feature a reading by our own San Miguel County Poet Laureate Elissa Dickson across from the library at Telluride Arts hosted by Talking Gourds Poetry Club. 

The discussion series is free. For more information, contact the amazing Elissa, edickson@telluridelibrary.org

You can read all about what to expect in this article from the Telluride Daily Planet.

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Where Poetry Meets the Divine: Three Sufi Mystics and the State of Your Life

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on April 21, 2014| 1 Comment »

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Let’s talk about something besides weather. Let’s talk about life, the miraculous body, the wonders of the heart, the agony of loss. And what is spirit? And what is love? And what are we here for, anyway?

That’s right. Let’s talk about all the things you’re yearning to talk about, but you’re not sure how to bring them up. Join local poet and scholar Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer for this three-part series on the Sufi poets Hafiz, Rabia and Rumi.

The workshops will take place three consecutive Thursdays, May 1, 8 and 15 at 6 p.m. The workshops are free and open to everyone. The last workshop will feature Middle Eastern food and music and a celebration of the mystic poets and the Muslim Journeys series, of which this series is a part.

Wilkinson Public Library was one of just 125 libraries and humanities councils in the US to receive an American Library Association/National Endowment for the Humanities grant to present Muslim Journeys , a scholar-led reading and discussion program designed to foster opportunities for community conversations about the histories, faith and cultures of Muslims around the world and within the United States. WPL’s program began in January.

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