Poetry Workshop for Veterans (Online)

Program Type:

Author & Literary Events

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

Registration is open to Veterans/ active duty and their families, please. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions.

To attend this workshop in-person, register here. 

This workshop will challenge participants to demystify and consider poetry as more than "just pretty words on a page." In this introductory poetry class, participants will read and analyze published poems, learn the hallmarks of the craft, come to understand the nature of poetics, and they'll have an opportunity to share their work with each other for constructive feedback.

Photo: C130 on the airfield in Mazar i Sharif Afghanistan, 2003.  Credit: Ron Capps

Dario DiBattista is the editor of the anthology Retire the Colors: Veterans & Civilians on Iraq & Afghanistan. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the Baltimore Sun, Connecticut Review, Mic.com, and many other publications. Additionally, he's been profiled in the New York Times and has been a commentator on NPR, SiriusXM, and for the BBC.

He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 2001 to 2007, later becoming a distinguished graduate of the Johns Hopkins University M.A. in Writing Program.

This event has been sponsored by a grant from Texas A &M University, Libraries & Veterans National Forum.

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