by daithí

While millions of Americans amassed to protest, a roomful of poets met in Burlington, Vermont for the PSOV Fall Workshop to share their poems and to take on sonnet forms in changing times. Many of us wanted to be both outside, while also honoring what I like to call the third line. (First line being speakers. Second line, protesters. & Third line, writers.)

Dianalee Velie led a well-paced workshop. One take-away was to consider the title of your poem as an entry point and your last line as an exit ramp. In addition, there was a robust conversation concerning the nature of poetry–both performative and written.

In the meantime, with the PSOV President Joy stepping down this December, we continue to search for a brave soul to step into the fray!