Wisconsin Poet Laureate Margaret Rozga will read from her latest book, Pestiferous Questions: A Life in Poems. These poems call us to consider how our history echoes, repeats, and reverberates. It has earned praise for "melding voices, modes of writing, language, image, and personal and political history in this impressive book of poetry." Rozga will also respond to questions and comments from the audience.

In this workshop with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Margaret Rozga, we will jump right into listing and free-writing along with interactive warm-up exercises. We will look at writing strategies in sample poems and then begin drafing our new poems. The afternoon session will include another prompt as well as shaping and revising exercises. Volunteers will read their drafts. We will also discuss craft concerns such as conclusions, line and stanza lengths, titles and other questions from participants.