WordStorm Workshop with Paul Nelson

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Friday, February 26th, 2010
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

What’s the force behind powerful poetry? Lorca called it Duende and Charles Olson poem as high energy construct. The process of training your ear to capture the chaotic energy of the moment is sometimes called Organic Poetry, where composition is an occasion of experience or experiment in consciousness. This is an entertaining workshop for serious writers of all levels of experience who enjoy the sense of community. It includes sound from interviews with poets of this tradition, lively discussions & writing exercises designed to help you allow the act of writing to be an exhilarating revelation of content.


Father/Poet/Teacher Paul Nelson, is co-founder of SPLAB, author: Organic Poetry (Oct. 08, VDM Verlag, Germany) & A Time Before Slaughter (Oct. 09, Apprentice House,) a serial poem re-enacting the history of Auburn, WA (originally called Slaughter. Worked 26 years in radio, interviewed Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Anne Waldman, Sam Hamill, Robin Blaser, Wanda Coleman, Eileen Myles, Jerome Rothenberg, George Bowering & others. He earned his M.A. from Lesley University in Organic Poetry, a study of North American poets writing (to different degrees) spontaneously, writes one American Sentence every day & lives in Seattle.

When: Friday, February 26, 2010
Where: Acme Rib and Seafood House in Nanaimo BC
Workshop Cost: $60.00
Time: Morning 9:00 - 12:00
Break for Lunch 12:00 - 1:00
Afternoon: 1:00- 4:00
Payment and Reservations: WordStorm Society of the Arts, 1560 Arbutus Drive, Nanoose Bay, BC, V9P 9C8. Make cheque out to WordStorm Society of the Arts.
Maximum Participants - 15.