NOVEMBER 2-3, 2013
NEW VENUE!
and new registration deadline: September 30, 2013
and new registration deadline: September 30, 2013
This year, the Great Books Poetry Weekend will be held at
Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park.
It is a beautiful, peaceful, enclosed ten acre site shaded by trees from
all over the world. Every room has
a private bathroom: single
occupancy rooms are also available; there are no dormitory-style rooms.
As
usual, we will have our Saturday evening pre-dinner wine and cheese party and
after dinner party with interactive entertainment. All meeting rooms are accessible via 8 stair steps.
The
price for the whole package will be the same at Vallombrosa as it was at
Westminster last year: $175.00 per
person based on a double-occupancy room, except this year your room will have
its own bathroom. Single occupancy
rooms are also available for $189.00 with your own twin bed and your own
private bathroom. Vallombrosa does
not give as much of a price break for commuters as was possible at Westminster;
regrettably, those not staying overnight will have to pay $154.00 per person.
The
registration deadline is somewhat earlier than last year as Vallombrosa has to
have payment in full by September 30, 2013 so don’t let this application slip
into the lower strata of that paper embankment on your desk. Send it in now. More information is available on the
registration form on our website or CLICK HERE to go directly to the
registration form. Please note: The registration deadline for this event has changed to September 30, 2013. We have a few spots left.
This year's poetry selections:
Saturday Morning: Proverbs and Axioms:
The Imperfect Paradise by Linda Pastan; The Calf Path by Sam Walter Foss; Proverb by Kenneth Koch; Home to Roost by Kay Ryan; On His Blindness by John Milton; The Lumberjacks by Linda Pastan.
Saturday Afternoon: Our Animal Nature:
The Owl by Ted Hughes; 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens; The Horses by Edwin Muir; The Centaur by May Swenson; The Fish, The Man and the Spirit by Leigh Hunt; Reading the Body by Jenny Bornholdt.
Sunday Morning: Men and Women:
The Imagined by Stephen Dunn; Privilege of Being by Robert Hass; Observations by Hilaire Kirkland; Eros Turannos by Edwin Arlington Robinson; Toes by Raymond Carver; Love Songs in Age by Philip Larkin.
This year's poetry selections:
Saturday Morning: Proverbs and Axioms:
The Imperfect Paradise by Linda Pastan; The Calf Path by Sam Walter Foss; Proverb by Kenneth Koch; Home to Roost by Kay Ryan; On His Blindness by John Milton; The Lumberjacks by Linda Pastan.
Saturday Afternoon: Our Animal Nature:
The Owl by Ted Hughes; 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens; The Horses by Edwin Muir; The Centaur by May Swenson; The Fish, The Man and the Spirit by Leigh Hunt; Reading the Body by Jenny Bornholdt.
Sunday Morning: Men and Women:
The Imagined by Stephen Dunn; Privilege of Being by Robert Hass; Observations by Hilaire Kirkland; Eros Turannos by Edwin Arlington Robinson; Toes by Raymond Carver; Love Songs in Age by Philip Larkin.
REGISTRATION
DEADLINE
IS SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
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