On the Front Lines / Behind the Lines - Part 1

Political Poetry

Margaret Rozga creates poetry from her ongoing concern for social justice issues. She was a participant in Milwaukee’s marches for fair housing and later married civil rights leader, Father James Groppi. She will share her process in a workshop.

August 19, 7 p.m. - Part 1:
In the first session On the Front Lines, Peggy will offer suggestions, prompts, and guidance that work for poets concerned about social justice issues in a variety of ways and in a range of engagement with those issues.

This workshop is free, but we ask you to register in advance on Zoom.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdu6urTIiH9JtLonWwwbXsxVxKZnH4agN

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

September 16, 7 p.m. - Part 2:
In the second session Behind the Lines, Peggy and participants will look at more sample poems, including those of participants. Participants will have a chance between August and September to revise an August draft or write a new draft. Then, for those who'd like more feedback, there will be time allotted to look at their work.

This workshop is free, but we ask you to register in advance on Zoom.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkduyprjgpHtDplik0N4CAqHQ0D2RUDpkZ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

As 2019-2020 Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Margaret Rozga co-edited the anthology Through This Door: Wisconsin in Poems (Art Night Books, 2020) and the chapbook anthology On the Front Lines / Behind the Lines (pitymilkpress, 2021). Her fifth book of poems is Holding My Selves Together: New and Selected Poems (Cornerstone Press, 2021).

Learn more about Margaret on her website.

Margaret Rozga
Credit: T J Lambert