I’m happy to share that my prose poem, “A Day at the Lake,” was published on A Story in 100 Words. The piece was written in a fantastic workshop on Ecopoetry led by poet brice maiurro at the Castle Rock Writers’ Conference, which I attended with several members of the Nearby Universe in August. The poem appears here on A Story in 100 Words: A Day at the Lake
The inspiration and community at the Castle Rock Writers’ Conference on Saturday was delicious! I went with M.R. Hyde, Maddie Van Batum, and Lisa Macedo from my amazing writers’ group, the Nearby Universe. Poetry track presenters included brice maiurro (ecopoetics) and Poet Laureate Marissa Forbes (historical poetry), who were both fantastic. The icing on the cake was a book swap: Only Flying and Pen and Pulse for Marissa’s exquisite, eye-opening collections, Surviving Peter Pan and Brief and Bleeding Margins. Score! I also walked out with two new poems in my pocket, and my fingers crossed for getting a cool indie bookstore to carry Only Flying. Fiction/creative nonfiction workshops were courtesy of the Gemini Writers’ Studio, and there was a panel on publishing for everyone. Thank you, PPSC, for sponsoring our attendance — we learned so much and had so much fun. Photos courtesy of Castle Rock Writers.
Brook Bhagat 