"The Rapture of Being Alive": Writing from the True Self

A poetry workshop with Donna Hilbert

The Raft is proud to host this Zoom event! Won’t you join us? Register by JUNE 26!

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Workshop details

• WHEN: Monday, July 10, 2023, 6-8PM Central (7-9PM Eastern, 5-7PM Mountain, 4-6PM Pacific)

• REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 26. Get your ticket now.

• OPEN TO ALL: No prior experience with poetry-writing is necessary. Just bring your creative joy and your favorite tool for writing.

• YOUR INVESTMENT: $30 (scholarships available—contact Phyllis)

• DISCOUNT: Use your Rafter discount code at checkout to get 15% off. (Forgot the code? Contact Phyllis.)

• THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE RECORDED.

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Donna’s workshop invitation

I believe that we experience what Joseph Campbell calls “the rapture of being alive” when we allow the fullness of joy and sorrow to enter our consciousness. As poets, writing from the true self, going about the business of our daily lives, this is what we draw upon. In our hours together, we will look at exemplary poems and begin new poems of our own. No experience needed. We will begin where we are.

I will send you handouts in advance of the workshop.

Remember, this event will not be recorded.

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About Donna

Donna Hilbert’s latest book is Threnody (Moon Tide Press, 2022). Earlier books include Gravity: New & Selected Poems (Tebot Bach, 2018). She is a monthly contributing writer to Verse-Virtual. Work has appeared in Braided Way, Cultural Daily, Chiron Review, Gyroscope, Sheila-Na-Gig, Rattle, Zocalo Public Square, One Art, The Los Angeles Times, and numerous anthologies, including both volumes of Poetry of Presence, The Path to Kindness, I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing. Her work has also been featured on Writers on Writing, The Writer’s Almanac, and Lyric Life. She writes and leads private workshops in Southern California, where she makes her home. Learn more at donnahilbert.com.