"The axe for the frozen sea."

Bourgeois, Richter, Kunitz, Dickinson, Kafka, Martin

Louise Bourgeois:

Gerhard Richter:

Stanley Kunitz:

Emily Dickinson:

The fairest Home I ever / knew / was founded in an Hour / By Parties also that I knew /

A spider and a Flower --/ A manse of mechlin and / of Floss -- Gloss -- Sun --

Franz Kafka, Jan 27, 1904:

Agnes Martin:

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Upcoming Workshops at the Hudson Valley Writers Center

Six-week Class: Poetry as Thought. Thursdays from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Zoom. January 7 - February 11, 2021.

Seminar: How to End Poems. Sunday, January 10, 2021 from 12:30 - 4:30 p.m. on Zoom. 

Seminar: How to Use Enjambment and Line Endings. Saturday, March 20, 2021 from 12:30 - 4:30 p.m. on Zoom.

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