[New-Poetry] Fwd: SUNNYBANK POETRY RETREAT fwd from Lee Ann Brown

[amy king]

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I am hosting a poet's retreat in Hot Springs, NC
at Sunnybank JULY 11-13th 2008
  I have mentioned to you in the past -


In solidarity with poets who need a retreat 
 - I am changing it from a workshop exclusively led by me 

to a more collective retreat of poetic enjoyment - I will have plenty of info and ballads and guests and such lined up as well as an opportunity to perform in our new space - please forward to anyone you think might be interested - 
 

Here's the description:


In the Laurels:  Living the Poets Life

     Poetry can be a daily activity that can inform the ways we live, and can serve as a lens with which to engage with others and with larger world issues.  This weekend poetry retreat will mindfully integrate reading and writing poetry into daily activities at Sunnybank Inn and around the Hot Springs area.  There will be time for private writing as well as group workshops and activities, such as a mountaintop poetry walk along a portion of the Appalachian trail, incorporating observations of the natural and human world into new poems.
      Sunnybank has a long poetic history and atmosphere:  English folklorist Cecil Sharp in 1916 collected ballads in the "Laurel Country."  Jane Gentry who supplied many of the songs lived here.  We will work with the ballad form, and explore the relationship between the traditional ballads and writing new poems using traditional materials.
       We will focus on poetry which ranges from the contemplative to celebratory, traditional and contemporary, and from local and world traditions. We will draw inspiration from the being together in the atmosphere of this retreat home, which cultivates contemplation and serves as a meeting place free from hectic aspects of the modern world.  Collective dinners, a library throughout the house, a music room and that each guest room is supplied with a volume of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, and the Tao de Ching are examples of the spirit cultivated here.
      There will be private time for writing as well as collaborative projects, and group workshops.
     For night practice, methods of incorporating dreamwork into our writing will be demonstrated.  In addition to daily sharing, we will have a chance to read or perform our favorite new pieces at the close of the weekend.
      No prior experience is necessary, just a willingness to be open to experimentation, to share some of what you write with others, and to be ready to listen to what we may learn from others' work and from the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains around us.
 
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the closest place to fly into is Asheville, NC
It's pretty far up into the mountains about 45 minutes more 
  - but it's a trip we take often -
 so we could arrange to pick you up or the Sunnybank staff can arrange a shuttle 
if you don't want to rent a car) 
or you can rent a car at the airport 
 

The place is called 
SUNNYBANK and 
the host / organizer is Elmer Hall - the number there is
828.622.7206
The price should be under $200 (it was originally $220 -
  I will find out and let you know



The dates are Friday July 11-13th 
includes dinner Friday night, 
breakfast, lunch, dinner Saturday and 
Sunday breakfast and lunch 
 plus Hottub - we can hike as well - it's right on the Appalachian trail


Let me know if you or someone you know is interested !
 


LOVE  LEE ANN


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