Free poetry Workshop with Máighréad Medbh

How do you get from the initial inspiration to the completed poem? How does the numinous moment become a luminous verbal construct?

This workshop will look at how poems are distilled from experience. If you’re already writing, you’ll be asked for your wisdom and will benefit from that of others. If you’re a beginner, various methods will be suggested.

Participants are invited to bring along their own inspiring moment or epiphany and begin the process of verbal distillation within the space created by the workshop.

Date: Thursday: 6th October 2011

Venue: Balbriggan Library, George’s Square, Balbriggan Co. Dublin.

Time: 6pm to 8pm

Workshop Title: The Making of a Poem

To book, please phone Balbriggan Library at: 01 8704401 / 8704402

Or email: balbrigganlibrary@fingalcoco.ie

Máighréad Medbh is the author of five poetry collections and a CD. She has become well known as a powerful and affecting performance poet, both in this country and abroad. Described as ‘a unique presence in the Irish poetry scene’, Máighréad was one of the pioneers of performance poetry in Ireland, and continues to impress audiences with her unique approach, both textually and in presentation.