Edna St. Vincent Millay possessed a broad poetic range, able to write both politically-charged poems as well as lyrical poems grounded in the natural world, and she often wrote them in close succession. In this workshop, we’ll examine Millay’s ability to shape-shift as a poet, and we’ll discuss why a poet might choose to do this, how this can be accomplished, and in general, we’ll talk about strategies to stay connected with each other and to write poems in difficult times when we may struggle to stay in touch with poetry. We’ll also try to write our own poems with Millay as inspiration.

The workshop is open to poets of all abilities and experience, and anyone who might be curious about the life and work of Edna St. Vincent Millay.

This event is sponsored by The Poets Corner and net proceeds from the event will be donated to Millay House Rockland.

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Jefferson Navicky is a poet, the archivist for the Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England where they maintain a small, but mighty Edna St. Vincent Millay collection, and a member of the Millay House Rockland Board of Directors. In April, Jefferson will be teaching an in-person writing workshop in Rockland for Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance entitled, “Your Millay: Creative Exploration of an Icon,” which is open to participants of all avenues and experience levels—poets and nonpoets; fiction and nonfiction writers; Millay enthusiasts, the casually curious, and anyone interested in turning research into creative output.