Finding Your Story Through The Door of Poetry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wisconsin’s First Poet Laureate EllenKort returns to
AllWriters’!

WAUKESHA – Memory and poetry often go hand in hand, one inspiring
the other.  Each of us is caretaker for
our own life story.  These stories open
our heart and connect us with the mystery of life.  Where do we find, and how do we tell, our
stories?  What hinders us?  What opens the door of memory?  Wisconsin’s First Poet Laureate Ellen Kort
will help you reach for that doorknob in Finding Your Story Through the Door of
Poetry.  Poetry can be an amazing tool
when used to explore and celebrate who we are; our sense of identity and
meaning. When we unfold our stories and focus on the beauty of who we are as
human beings, our stories provide pathways of knowing that remind us that we
are connected to our ancestors and to each other.  If we learn to live our lives like Story, we
can better appreciate our own journey and where it takes us.  Bring a notebook or journal and your favorite
pen.

This event will be on August 6, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m., at AllWriters’ Workplace & Workshop, 234 Brook St., Unit 2, in
Waukesha.  The fee is $85 and includes
lunch.  You can register by calling
262-446-0284 or going online at www.allwriters.org,
and click on Celebrity Saturdays.  

ELLEN KORT served four years as Wisconsin's first Poet
Laureate and has traveled throughout the US, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan,
offering poetry workshops and readings. She has authored 14 books, has been
featured in a wide variety of journals and anthologies, and has received
several literary awards. Her poems have been architecturally incorporated in
buildings throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota and included in the Hospice Poetry
Recording Project of Seattle. Ellen believes poetry is a "healing
art" and facilitates poetry workshops at medical conventions for
physicians and psychologists. Her poem, "Light," has been put to
music by Philadelphia composer, Jennifer Higdon, and performed at the Weidner
Center by the Green Bay Symphony.

AllWriters’ Workplace and Workshop
offers on-site and online writing courses in all genres and abilities of
creative writing, as well as coaching, editing, and marketing services.  A
schedule of classes and registration is available online at http://www.allwriters.org or you can call
262-446-0284.