The Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, when asked what compelled him to read and write poetry, said "because I had fallen in love with words." I too have had that same love affair with words throughout my life as a teacher, a poet, and as a reader. It is my hope that this blog be a continuing conversation about poetry and writing.
An Ongoing Conversation on Poetry
Thursday, December 9, 2010
A Writing Group Is Born
At least, I hope it is. We are starting a poetry writing group in the Monmouth County, New Jersey area. The purpose of this group would be to provide information, feedback and support to interested working poets from the Monmouth County area.
A few poets have already signed on to the group that will begin meeting in Eatontown in January of 2011, and meet at least once a month from then on.
As with anything new, while it will have a few set goals, it will also be a work in progress, with the flexibility to respond to the ever-changing needs of the group.
I know that this is an unusual use of this blog to announce the formation of a new writing group, I am taking advantage of the generosity of the website New Jersey Poets and Poetry (http://njpoetspoetry.blogspot.com/) who posts my blog in their Blog Roll, to circulate the information about the formation of this new group.
Anyone wishing to participate in this new enterprise can contact me at cabogart@aol.com, and I will answer any questions they might have, provide them the particulars, as well as the where and the when of the first meeting, and any subsequent meetings.
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