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With spring approaching, it is now time to begin thinking of Dover’s ever-popular Lifetime Learning classes. The Friends of the Dover Council on Aging, with the support of the Dover Council on Aging, are sponsoring a Lifetime Learning class: Modern Poetry for Everyone. Participants will read and discuss selected poems, both closed forms such as sonnets, villanelles, sestinas and rhymed couplets, and free verse. Readings will include short selections from well-known 19th and 20th century poets, as well as contemporary poets, including Frank Bidart, David Ferry, Alice Notley, Ocean Vuong, Mary Oliver and Traci Smith. Participants will write and share their own poetry in a supportive class environment. All are welcome to this class and no previous experience writing poetry is needed.
Lynne Spigelmire Viti, JD PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Writing Program at Wellesley College. She is the author of three poetry chapbooks and many scholarly publications on literature, legal studies, and composition theory. In addition, she has published poetry and fiction in over 60 online and print literary journals.
These classes will meet on Wednesdays, beginning March 7 through April 4, from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, 18 Springdale Avenue, Dover. The cost of the class is $35. Brochures and registration forms are available online at www.coafriends.org, Dover Library, the Dover Council on Aging office in the Caryl Community Center, or by calling the Dover Council on Aging at (508-315-5734).
