Presented by Robert Piazza
Rekindle your creative fire! Poets of all levels, from beginner to advanced, come together to read, write, and recite. In a letter to his brother, John Keats proposed a revolutionary new theory for modern poetry: the ability to be "in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason." Join us for a generative workshop in which we explore the poetry of Keats, Dickinson, Frost, and many modern authors to see how we can apply Keats’ theory of negative capability to our own writing. Bring pencils & notebooks. Poems will be provided. Enjoy opportunities to nurture your Muse!
COST | $75, lunch included
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Rob Piazza is an American poet and classical guitarist who earned his MFA in Creative Writing at Fairfield University and his BA in music from Boston College. His repertoire includes music of Sor, Tárrega, and Brouwer, and his poems have recently appeared in The Bookends Review, Long River Review at UCONN, and The Northeast Coast Literary Journal. His full-length manuscript “Another Revolution” was a finalist for the 2025 Fairfield Book Prize.
Currently, he serves as Poet Laureate of Litchfield, Connecticut.