Instructor: Sr. Fran McManus, RSM
Dates: March 2-April 20, 2026 (on Mondays) (7 class sessions total)|No Class on April 6
Time: 12:30PM – 1:30PM
Location: ZOOM
Fee: $ 60.00
One of the most influential poets bridging modern and postmodern poetry, Elizabeth Bishop presents us with detailed personal observations and descriptions of the animals, persons and places she encountered during her many international travels. Personal, though not confessional, expressed in established poetic forms and free verse, Bishop’s poems demonstrate her extraordinary ability to see and present the ordinary in a new light. For the first hour and a half of the class, we will discuss the poems and then in the last half hour all who wish to participate will spend some time writing poems in the style or theme of the evening’s discussion. Those who do not wish to participate in the writing are welcome to remain online and listen to optional sharing of the first draft poems or to leave the session around 7:30PM.