The Villanelle:
a Poets & Patrons Workshop led by Debra Bruce

Saturday, August 28, 2021

1:00-4:00 p.m. via Zoom.

The villanelle is a poetic form both famous and unknown. Many readers of poetry have loved Dylan Thomas’s “Do not go gentle into that good night,” without ever studying its pattern of repetition and rhyme, but they feel the form’s power. Many poets know the villanelle as a workshop exercise and have followed its intricate moves, sometimes ending with a thud and occasionallyunleashing the form’s magic. In this class, we’ll do a close reading of some villanelles to better understand what makes this happen. Feedback will be provided for poems submitted in advance. If you haven’t read Dylan Thomas’s poem, please do; likewise, read Elizabeth Bishop’s famous villanelle, “One Art.”

Details at: https://www.poetsandpatrons.net/workshops-and-readings

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AuthorDebra Bruce

 EVENTS

Poetry Workshop

“Chaos In Fourteen Lines”: Writing Sonnets in Your Own Voice In Our Own Times

Saturday, August 24, 2019

1-4 PM

Poets & Patrons

https://www.poetsandpatrons.net/workshops-w-sidebar

Harold Washington Library

400 South State St (3rd floor, Room 6N)

Chicago

Poetry Reading

Arlington Green Executive Center

2101 S. Arlington Heights Rd.

Arlington Heights, IL

sponsored by the Northwest Cultural Council

 

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

7 PM

Poetry Reading

Poetry Foundation

poetryfoundation.org

61 West Superior St.

Chicago, Il60654

I will be reading as part of the Open Door series with my fellow poet and former student, David Mathews. (https://www.facebook.com/david.mathews2?fref=ts)

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Poetry Workshop

"No Poem Left Behind: A Workshop On Revision"

September 24-November 12

Saturdays, 1-3 PM

Newberry Library

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60 West Walton St.

Chicago, Il 60610

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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Poetry Workshop

"What Do I Do With This Mess?" The Craft Of Revision

9AM-Noon, Palatine Public Library

700 N. North Court

Palatine, IL 60067

sponsored by the Northwest Cultural Council

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Saturday, September 12, 2015

 

Poetry Workshop

"The Ghost of Meter": Listening for Meter in Your Poems

9AM-Noon, Palatine Public Library

700 N. North Court

Palatine, IL 60067

Second Saturday Poetry Workshops

sponsored by the Northwest Cultural Council

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Saturday, June 6-Saturday, August 8, 2015

Summer sonnets, anyone?  I’ll be teaching an 8-week sonnet workshop at the Newberry Library in Chicago, from June 6-August 8.  The class will meet on Saturdays from 10 AM-noon.

http://www.newberry.org/S15Sonnet

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Wednesday, July 22-Saturday, July 25, 2015

"What's Your Meter?" An intensive 3-day workshop

Writing The Rockies: Western Colorado State University

Gunnison, Colorado

http://www.western.edu/academics/graduate-programs-western/graduate-program-creative-writing/writing-rockies/writing

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Saturday, August 22, 2015

1 PM

Chicago Poets and Patrons Poetry Workshop

with poet Andrea Witzke-Slot

Harold Washington Library

Chicago, Il

http://www.poetsandpatrons.net/#workshops

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Thursday, September 25, 2014-Thursday, November 13, 2014

The Beat Goes On:  An 8-week Workshop in Metrical Poetry

Thursday afternoons, 2-4 PM

The Newberry Library

60 West Walton St.

Chicago, Illinois

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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Rhino Poetry Forum & Workshop

Evanston Public Library

1:30-3:30 PM

Evanston, Illinois

Rhino Poetry Forum Workshops

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Saturday, April 5, 2014

7PM

Poetry Reading

First Parish Brewster

1 Harwich Rd

Brewster, MA 02631

http://firstparishbrewster.org/

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Sunday, April 6, 2014

1PM

Poetry Workshop

First Parish Brewster

1 Harwich Rd

Brewster, MA 02631

To reserve a space: 508 896-5577

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Sunday, February 2, 2014

1:30-3:30 PM

Poetry Reading: Woman Made Gallery Literary Series

Reading & Art Exhibit: Balance and Imbalance In A Changing World

Woman Made Gallery

685 N Milwaukee Ave

Chicago, IL 60642

http://www.womanmade.org/poetry.html

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Rhino Reads

Brothers K Coffeehouse

500 Main St. 

Evanston, IL 60202

https://www.facebook.com/events/

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Friday May 31, 2013

6 PM  

De Paul University 

Sigma Tau Delta Reading

Arts & Letters Room 404      

2315 N. Kenmore Ave.

Chicago, IL 60614

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

12 Noon

Brewed Awakening Coffee House

19 Quincy St.

Westmont, IL 60559

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

6 PM

Word Tech Press Authors Reading

Boston Public Library

700 Boylston St., Copley Square

Boston, MA 02216

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Poetry Workshop
The 21st Century Sonnet: Still Ticking

9AM-Noon

Palatine Public Library
700 N. North Court
Palatine, IL 60067

Second Saturday Poetry Workshops
sponsored by the Northwest Cultural Council

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

7 PM

Glenview Public Library

1930 Glenview Rd.

Glenview, IL 60025

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Monday, March 4, 2013

7:15 PM

Northeastern Illinois University

Golden Eagles Room, Student Union

5500 N. St Louis Ave

Chicago, IL 60625

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Friday, February 15, 2013
7:30 PM

Women and Children First

5233 N. Clark

Chicago, IL 60640

Poetry Reading with Andrea Witzke-Slot

 

 

 

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AuthorDebra Bruce