Poetry Workshop

A Poetry Workshop was hosted by Christopher Salerno as part of the 2010 festival.  All festival attendees (16 and up) were encouraged to attend the workshop, as there was no requirement or expectation of “skill” level whatsoever. The participants met in the spirit of Nazim, who celebrated life at all turns with a lyric grace and an utterly human poetic voice.  The group worked with a general prompt to sketch out a draft of a single poem using a basic set of poetic techniques, which were discussed and developed during the session. Participants were then encouraged to read and share aloud their efforts.  The meeting was an opportunity for participants to discuss their work in a casual atmosphere.

About Christopher Salerno

Christopher Salerno’s books include "Minimum Heroic," selected by Dara Wier for the Mississippi Review Poetry Series Contest (2010), and “Whirligig,” published by Spuyten Duyvil Publishing House (2006). Other poems can be found in Boston Review, Denver Quarterly, Verse, The Colorado Review, Jubilat, Jacket, The New Hampshire Review, American Letters and Commentary, The Laurel Review, and others. He teaches at North Carolina State University and is co-curator of the So and So Reading Series and co-poetry editor for The So and So Editions and Magazine. He lives in Cary, NC.