A Poetry Workshop by 

R i c k  B e n j a m i n

Associate Director for Community Engagement, IHC
State Poet Laureate of Rhode Island and Author

Thursday April 7   3:30 – 5 pm

Shards & Markings: Poetry as Excavation
 
In this workshop we will talk and write toward surfacing truths in the geological, historical, cultural and/or personal records.  Using a few touch-stone poems as a spur for both conversation and reference, we will explore some ways in which poetry unearths, illuminates, documents or simply brings to light sometimes difficult or uncomfortable narratives that we would do well to remember and acknowledge.