Salvatore Marici Salvatore Marici’s poetry appeared in many journals and anthologies. In 2010, Marici was the Midwest Writing Center Poet in Resident. He has a chapbook and three full length poetry collections (Ice Cube Press publications). The latest is Sneezing Coyotes. Marici judges poetry contests, written published poetry book reviews, a student and a teacher of poetry workshops. He spends six months in Everglades kayaking; six months in IL bike riding and growing garlic between travels.
Writing With the Elements: A Generative Writing Workshop. If we know where a poem is going before we start writing it, it is doomed. It will not be original. It will not show the poet and readers anything new. We must begin writing a poem before we know where the poem is going to discover. Many times, the discovery is about ourselves. With simple writing exercises, the participants will show how the elements (Air, Earth, Fire, and Water) are within and around us. Then under the guidance of spirit, muse, etc. each will write a poem that shows a discovery. Finished poems may or may not have a direct reference to the elements. All Welcome Sirius Rising: 3:00-4:30 p.m. TUE, July 22 Studio
Invoke Senses by Showing Not Telling. Beliefs come from conscious awareness. Our job as communicators is to invoke senses. Sandpaper scratches sunburned skin. Lemons pucker mouths. Sun blinks eyes. Lighting pries dark skies. Loaves’ yeasty sweetness sneak out of ovens. This workshop focuses on the construction of sensory images. Creative writing uses imagery like a tour guide that points out things along the journey. You will learn simple crafts to show not tell which will keep readers engage. All Welcome. Sirius Rising: 3:00-4:30 p.m. THU, July 24 Studio
Compose a Musical Score within Poems. Music creates feelings. Poetry has music but poets don’t have the tools that musicians have. Authors rely on words. Soft sounds let the reader sooth in a spring fed pool; hard sounds the reader is in a car crash. Rhymes like in nursery rhymes. Rhymes hidden within lines. A pattern of up and down sounds via stress and unstress syllables. We will play with these sounds. You will create your own score of words with riffs. All Welcome. Sirius Rising: 3:00-4:30 p.m. SAT, July 26 Studio