Explore Robert Frost’s poetry with Westport Poet Laureate Donna Disch in this three-part seminar.
Expect delight, irony, wit, introspection, and lyrical zeal as we delve into Frost’s poetry, exploring his experiences and observations of rural life, nature, and the human spirit. In this class, we will probe and discuss Frost’s abiding sense of wonder — be it wonder in the mysterious sense of awe or wonder in the more expansive and inquisitive sense of searching and questioning the how and why of our existence.
Come to engage and exchange or simply listen as we delve into all that is “lovely, dark and deep” in the poems of this illustrious poet. Each session of this three-part seminar will focus on a different selection of Frost’s poems, which are linked here.
About the Instructor
Donna Disch has been a teacher and editor as well as a lifelong reader, writer, and beneficiary of the art and craft of poetry. She holds an MFA from Vermont College and has published her work in various journals and magazines. She is currently Westport’s poet laureate.
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Poems
Session 1: January 8, 2025
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Session 2: January 15, 2025
Session 3: January 22, 2025
To conserve paper, you may wish to view the poems on your phone, laptop or iPad. Or, if you wish, print out the poems. There will be some copies on hand in class for those who lack devices.
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