On Saturday, Mar 25th, from 5 pm to 630 pm, we are having a performance workshop in Nyack at the American Legion Hall at 85 South Piermont Avenue, Nyack NY.
The workshop is entitled, "Levels of Speech/Iridescent Poetry/(Un)Spoken Dimension Spikes."
Workshop description: Do you want your words to be understood clearly, or would you rather be received as an ethereal, otherworldly being made of poetry itself? Does your answer change from poem-to-poem, from stanza-to-stanza, sentence-to-sentence, or word-to-word? In this workshop, we will locate the invisible poetry dials throughout our writing, and experiment with adjusting them to yield all sorts of interesting results.
This space is used as a yoga and dance studio. The venue does not allow shoes on the floor, so be prepared to take yours off when you arrive.
The workshop is an hour and a half long; we'll be starting pretty promptly at 5 PM.
Registration is $25 general; $20 for students, seniors, and anyone who can't afford $25 right now. If you are interested in attending but are experiencing serious financial hardship, contact us at rocklandpoets@gmail.com, and we'll figure out how we can make it work.
Attendance is limited, so register ahead of time.
Masks are optional.
Our workshop facilitator is Anthony McPherson. Anthony McPherson is a biracial-Black poet, dancer and artist from Oklahoma, based in Harlem. His work appears on Button Poetry, Write About Now, SlamFind, Huffington Post, Upworthy, The Good Men Project and elsewhere. Poems also appear in the Emmy-winning documentary “Frameworks,” and “Love Beats Rhymes” by Lionsgate Films. McPherson is a Rustbelt Poetry Slam Champion, a two-time Inkslam Champion, a three-time Brooklyn Poetry Slam Champion and placed runner-up at the Individual World Poetry Slam. Currently a poet-in-residence with the National Museum of African American History and Culture, McPherson is represented by The College Agency.
