I just spent five days in Santa Cruz, CA at a poetry workshop held at 1440 Multiversity. The instructors were one of favorite poets, Sharon Olds, and a poet I wasn’t familiar with before, Naomi Shihab Nye. The entire experience was great.
Last year four of us – Linda, Stacy, Maria and myself – worked together at a poetry workshop led by Ellen Bass at Esalen in Big Sur, CA. So we decided to meet up last week at 1440. Although twenty-six other poets were with us lapping up the wisdom of Sharon and Naomi, we four spent some wonderful time together.
Here are some pictures. And no, I won’t be sharing any of the seven poems I wrote while I was there yet. I want to see if I can get any of them published first.
The sun peeking through during my first morning walk, after a heavy rain the night before
Trillium, the building where I stayed
Maria, Linda, me, and Stacy
Sharon and Naomi discussing our last night’s poetry reading
The Kitchen Table had delicious and beautifully-presented food.
A sign above a sink in the Kitchen Table eating building. No need for mirrors there.
Strawberry Marina trees were abundant there. We have one in our front yard at home.
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