nu wayze: finding our voices poetry workshop

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Saturday, September 15th, 2018
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Wordstorm Society of Arts hosts a three-hour workshop with iconic Canadian poet, bill bissett.

Workshop registration at:

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3574905

Workshop fee includes admission to bill's September 14th performance, nu words/ nu sounds. More info at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3576009

Bill will briefly discuss a wide variety of ideas on how to write poetry and the seven approaches to creating poems that he personally uses. Each participant will have the opportunity to read and discuss two poems they have recently written. The day will culminate in everyone creating a sound poem together.

Please bring along two of your own poems, at least one black felt pen, a ball point pen and blank white paper to write on.

In his own unique style of writing words the way they sound, bill describes himself as:

left erthling home halifax at 16 hedding with

awsum frend 2 leev western civilizaysyun got

as far as vancouvr wher was part uv th erth

ther n in northern bc lovd it now living in

toronto love it heer have dun reedings n art

shows in manee places

most recent book th book from talonbooks n

most recent cd nothing will hurt with pete dako was in band luddites vocals n lyriks 86-91 was

writr in residens london ontario guelph ont unb frederikton n workman arts toronto

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love being in2 thees approaches in writing poetree sound vizual narrativ non narrativ politikul romantik

lyrik metaphysikal meditativ spiritual humourous

n fuseyun upcumming cd th ride with pete dako

You can read more about bill at: http://www.billbissett.com/