Poetic Imagery and the Celtic Tradition 

presented by 
K. B. Ballentine

About the Poet

K. B. received her MFA in Poetry from Lesley University in 2007.

She has attended writing academies in both America and Britain.

Published in  Bent Pin, MO: Writings from the River, Apocalypse, Touchstone and the 2008 Poets' Guide to New Hampshire.  

Her book Gathering Stones, published by Celtic Cat Publishing will be available late February 2008.

K. B. was a 2006 finalist for the Joy Harjo Poetry Award and was a recipient of the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund Award 2007 for her poem, 
Midsummer's Eve.

K.B.'s Irish heritage has shaped many of her poems and continues to be a source of inspiration.

This hands-on workshop will focus on voice and imagery in poetry. Struggling to find our voice in writing, we want to produce poetry a reader will listen to and read. Making a conscious decision to discover or deepen our voice, we will explore subject matter, diction, point of view, syntax and grammar, and imagery to allow the voice of our poetry to distinguish itself from others’. Images can be literal or figurative, translating the world through our five (or six) senses so they produce insights for a reader.  In addition to looking at published poets, we will also discuss drafts and revisions, so please come prepared to write and bring along some work you’ve already begun

Breakfast: Coffee and bagels.
Lunch: Salad and sandwich buffet.

Sunday – October 14, 2007
Celtic Tradition
Ron Rash’s Appalachian roots had their beginnings across the Pond. Influenced by Patrick Kavanaugh, Seamus Heaney, and other Celtic writers, Rash’s poetry continues the cultural connection between America and Ireland /the British Isles .  This seminar will focus on the language and landscape of poems from Rash in relation to Kavanaugh and Heaney’s work.

Breakfast: Coffee and bagels.

Ends at Noon.