Terrain.org Blog » university of arizona poetry center http://blog.terrain.org The blog of Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:26:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Poetry Goes for a Hike http://blog.terrain.org/2010/11/03/poetry-goes-for-a-hike/ http://blog.terrain.org/2010/11/03/poetry-goes-for-a-hike/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:01:35 +0000 Simmons Buntin http://blog.terrain.org/?p=773 HikersAnd if you’re in Tucson, you can, too!

Poetry Goes for a Hike, with Wendy Burk and Eric Magrane

Saturday, November 13, 7:30 am to 1:00 pm (hike)
Wednesday, November 17, 6:00 to 8:00 pm (workshop)
Tuition: $75 + $8 transportation fee

The University of Arizona Poetry Center

Like plein-air painting, writing in the field refreshes the spirit and creates indelible work. Join two poets (one of whom is also a professional hiking guide) for a moderate 3- to 5-mile hike. A chartered van will transport participants from the Poetry Center to the trailhead. The morning will be filled with poetry, bird song, scenic views, and writing exercises—with some physical exercise thrown in. Participants will attend to the sensory experiences of the trail and render them in poetry that respects and embodies wilderness, both inner and outer. A few days after the hike, we’ll reconvene in the Poetry Center’s classroom to discuss and review the work generated on the hike.

Prior to the hike you’ll receive a simple supply list. Please have suitable footwear (e.g., hiking boots) and be physically able to hike a moderate 3- to 5-mile hike over rocky terrain. The hike will take place in one of the mountain ranges surrounding Tucson (either the Santa Catalinas, Tucson Mountains, or Rincons). The specific trail will be chosen the week before the hike, based on seasonal trail and weather conditions.
Poets Wendy Burk and Eric Magrane (a Senior Hiking Guide at Canyon Ranch) have written poetry together in wilderness environments as Artists-in-Residence in three National Parks. Eric taught the popular Ecopoetics class for the Poetry Center and is the editor of Spiral Orb, an online experiment in permaculture poetics. Wendy is Library Specialist at the Poetry Center and is the translator of Tedi López Mills’ While Light is Built.

Register by visiting poetry.arizona.edu or calling 520/626-3765

]]> http://blog.terrain.org/2010/11/03/poetry-goes-for-a-hike/feed/ 0 Issue No. 24 Launch and Reading Redux http://blog.terrain.org/2009/10/05/issue-no-24-launch-and-reading-redux/ http://blog.terrain.org/2009/10/05/issue-no-24-launch-and-reading-redux/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:59:32 +0000 Simmons Buntin http://blog.terrain.org/?p=240 David RothenbergOn Thursday, September 24th, Terrain.org held its first-ever public issue launch and reading, celebrating Issue No. 24, “Borders and Bridges” with readings by David Rothenberg, Pamela Uschuk, Christopher Cokinos, and Deborah Fries at the University of Arizona Poetry Center.

We’ve just added an image gallery and mp3 of the full reading at the new Terrain.org Events section of the website.

We had a great turnout, and thank the Poetry Center and Center for Biological Diversity for sponsoring the event, the readers for such wonderful performances, and the audience. View the image gallery and listen to the full performance now.

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