Online: The Star-Spangled Untangled: A Poetic Unfolding of the U.S. Flag

Online Workshop

The Star-Spangled Untangled: A Poetic Unfolding of the U.S. Flag presented by Ciona Rouse
7:00 p.m.     
Free to members; admission required for not-yet-members
Space is limited. 

This program will be presented on Zoom. 

Poets have long used the symbolism of the flag in their poetry to wrestle with the many triumphs and complexities of U.S. history. In this workshop, we’ll confront and discern our relationship with the flag by discussing a select group of poems. The evening will end with guests creating their own written pieces in response to a prompt inspired by Mel Ziegler: Flag Exchange. No poetry background necessary.

Ciona Rouse is the author of the chapbook Vantablack. Her poetry has appeared in The Account, Talking River, Gabby Journal, Matter, and other publications. She is poetry editor of Wordpeace. Along with poet Kendra DeColo, Rouse hosts the literary podcast Re/VERB.