Tired of being inside? Do you want to be wild and/ break out of the limitations that are always being set? Poetry is the answer. We’re strapping on our shoes and grabbing our pens, then meeting at the PS187 school yard to go on a poet’s adventure! Poetry is a way of seeing things outside the boxes they are always being put in. We’ll be rejuvenated by the nature of Ft. Tryon Park and emboldened by our resilient neighborhood. We’ll explore the wilds of language out in the world, allowing a stream of poetry to flow from the river of possibility.
Instructor
Jane LeCroy is a poet, performance artist and educator who fronts the band The Icebergs and was a part of Sister Spit, the famed west coast women’s poetry troupe. Since 1997 Jane has been publishing student work and teaching writing, literature and performance to all ages through artist-in-the-schools organizations such as Teachers & Writers Collaborative and DreamYard, and as adjunct faculty at the university level. Her poetry book, Names was published by Booklyn as part of the award winning ABC chapbook series, purchased by the Library of Congress along with her braid! Signature Play, her multimedia book from Three Rooms Press, features a poem that was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. (she/her/hers)
DAY AND TIME
Starts 9/28, Thursdays, 4-6PM
DATES
9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/30
READING DAY
AND TIME
AND TIME
TBD
AGES
8-10
TEACHER
Jane LeCroy
CLASS SIZE
14
HOMEWORK
Optional
LOCATION
PS187 Schoolyard, Fort Tryon