Featured Guest Leaders
​Alameda Island Poets Workshop ~ Thursday, August 8 ~ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ~ On Zoom
Featured leader: Pat Doyne
Here's what Pat says about the workshop: Workshop: Ekphrastic Poetry
Ekphrastic poetry is poetry based on another art form—painting, music, dance, etc. (Not a “caption” for a painting—the poem should be able to stand alone.) In ancient Greece, ekphrasis was the skill of describing a thing in vivid detail. Pat will share artwork, such as Azar Vaghefi's "Blue Heron" and sculpture "The Captive," Maureen Langenbach's "Mr. Potato Head in the Garden of Eden," Pat says: "Since the topic is ekphrastic poetry, here's a great quotation that hits the nail on the head: 'Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.' - Leonardo da Vinci."
Pat Doyne
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Pat Doyne earned a MFA in Creative Writing from SF State about the time that her first child was born. She soon had three toddlers, no free time, and so poetry was put on hold. About ten years ago she started writing again. Her poems have won awards from the National League of American Pen Women, the Ina Coolbrith Society, and the Dancing Poetry Festival. Publications include the Californian Writers Club’s Literary Journal, Vision & Verse, Phases, and others; the San Leandro Writers’ Everything Has Its Place and Ekphrastic Workbook; Ina Coolbrith’s The Gathering 16; several Kistrech International anthologies; and online magazines and YouTube videos.
In April she was honored to read with California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick at the Hayward Library and is delighted to share some of her poems today with the Alameda Island Poets.
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