Sat, Apr 11
|Manchester Community Library
NEA Big Read: Poetry Workshop with Rob Hunter
Join Manchester poet and State Representative Rob Hunter at MCL for a series of four poetry workshops this April, at the Manchester Community Library.
Time & Location
Apr 11, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Manchester Community Library, 138 Cemetery Ave, Manchester Center, VT 05255, USA
About the event
Poetry Workshop with Rob Hunter
During the four workshop/writing days, we will focus on Writing the Moment, and we will use forays outdoors to promote Building Hope and Connection Through Our Landscape. We will let our stream of consciousness take our poems as far as they can go, making connections and more connections to the moment we are in. We will spend most of our time writing, then sharing. Participants will be encouraged to actively revise their poems throughout the month, and have time to talk about the changes they made. The workshops will culminate with the Poetry Salon on May first.
Rob Hunter’s first book of poetry, September Swim, was published in 2005 by Spoon River Poetry Press. His second book, Wild in the Dawn, was published in 2023 by Finishing Line Press. In 2012 he served as one of the editors of the Vermont anthology, Birchsong. He taught…