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Delving into the Levant: Inspiration from International Poets with Veronica Golos

Workshop Poetry Literature

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Dates: Wednesday(s), June 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2025 6:30-8:30 pm CDT, via Zoom
Cost: Nonmember $200, Member $170, Student/Educ/Mil $140

In a time of worldwide strife and disconnection, poetry reacquaints us with humanity in a way that transcends borders, time zones, and languages. Join master poetry teacher Veronica Golos on an international poetry tour. Next stop: the Middle East! 

In this four-week generative poetry workshop, we will read, discuss deeply, and draw our inspiration from foundational poets Mahmoud Darwish (Palestine), Etel Adnan (Lebanon), Saadi Youssef (Iraq), and contemporary Iranian-American poet Solmaz Sharif.  We will explore each poet’s craft tools and apply these techniques to our work. Participants will receive a packet with poems and suggestions for developing their writing. 

This class is open to writers of all skill levels 18+.

By the end of the class, students will have the following: Study and analyze the work of 4 Middle Eastern poets; write poems that follow the selected poet’s structure and theme; receive on-the-spot feedback for written work. 

Veronica Golos is the author of four poetry books: GIRL, awarded the Naji Naaman Honor Prize in 2019; Rootwork, winner of the 2016 Southwest Book Design Award in Poetry; Vocabulary of Silence, a 2011 New Mexico Book Award winner that was translated into Arabic, Spanish and Persian; and A Bell Buried Deep, a Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize winner. She teaches poetry for Hugo House, Gemini Ink, and SOMOS. She reviews poetry books for Tupelo Press and works as a manuscript editor. She lives in Taos, New Mexico, with her husband, David Pérez.

Dates: Wednesday(s), June 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2025 6:30-8:30 pm CDT, via Zoom
Cost: Nonmember $200, Member $170, Student/Educ/Mil $140

In a time of worldwide strife and disconnection, poetry reacquaints us with humanity in a way that transcends borders, time zones, and languages. Join master poetry teacher Veronica Golos on an international poetry tour. Next stop: the Middle East! 

In this four-week generative poetry workshop, we will read, discuss deeply, and draw our inspiration from foundational poets Mahmoud Darwish (Palestine), Etel Adnan (Lebanon), Saadi Youssef (Iraq), and contemporary Iranian-American poet Solmaz Sharif.  We will explore each poet’s craft tools and apply these techniques to our work. Participants will receive a packet with poems and suggestions for developing their writing. 

This class is open to writers of all skill levels 18+.

By the end of the class, students will have the following: Study and analyze the work of 4 Middle Eastern poets; write poems that follow the selected poet’s structure and theme; receive on-the-spot feedback for written work. 

Veronica Golos is the author of four poetry books: GIRL, awarded the Naji Naaman Honor Prize in 2019; Rootwork, winner of the 2016 Southwest Book Design Award in Poetry; Vocabulary of Silence, a 2011 New Mexico Book Award winner that was translated into Arabic, Spanish and Persian; and A Bell Buried Deep, a Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize winner. She teaches poetry for Hugo House, Gemini Ink, and SOMOS. She reviews poetry books for Tupelo Press and works as a manuscript editor. She lives in Taos, New Mexico, with her husband, David Pérez.

More about Gemini Ink
Gemini Ink’s mission is to teach the craft of writing to people of all skill levels so they can bring their stories to life.Gemini Ink’s mission is to teach the craft of writing to people of all skill levels so they can bring their stories to life.
When & Where
Jun 4, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Timezone: CDT
$140.00


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