JoEllen Moldoff will leave a poetry workshop for Five Tuesdays beginning April 1 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Orcas Library.

“Through poetry we are brought face to face with our world and we plunge deeply into ourselves, to a place where we sense the full value of the meanings of emotions and ideas…and understand, in the glimpse of a moment the freshness of things and their possibilities,” wrote Muriel Rukeyser.

In this class, they will explore this idea by reading the work of a different poet each week: reading poems, discussing craft, and responding with our own writing.

“By sharing our responses and insights, we will increase our awareness of how a poem works, and in this way, develop our own talents as writers and readers of poetry,” Moldoff said.

All are welcome – poets and poetry lovers, experienced and beginners.

The fee is $20 for copying costs and a donation to the library. Checks are payable to JoEllen Moldoff at the first session. There is no pre-registration.