The League of Minnesota Poet Presents
36th ANNUAL WOODTICK POETRY RETREAT
July 18th – July 21st 2024
At the Chambers Cabin on Horseshoe Lake, Merrifield, Minnesota
Come back to the cabin and celebrate live poetry! Space is limited to allow for distancing. Please do not attend if you show symptoms for COVID. Camping out on the property is a possibility. There are motels within 10 minutes if you prefer your own room.
Each poet should bring food and at least a thirty minute program. (Keep this a secret, you don’t have to tell Sue what you are doing.) This can be a writing workshop, talk on writing forms, a reading from a famous poet. Let your imagination run wild! Be sure and bring your own poems for many sessions of “read-arounds”.
Casual dress, you may be asked to deliver your program in the woods or on the beach. Bring a swimsuit and long sleeves to fight off mosquitoes in the evening. Rooms are limited, there will be no sharing of beds unless mutually agreed to. There are a number of stairs in and around the cabin. You do not need to bring linens or towels. Everyone pitches in with the cleanup.
Please let me know arrival plans and what you want to bring for your food so I can coordinate rooms and food, the earlier the better! Most participants arrive sometime on Thursday afternoon or early Friday. We ask local poets to come and go each day.
Contact Sue Chambers at schambersmediator (at) yahoo (dot) com