Poetry Workshop in Osage on September 19 with Laura Hansen

Where is the Poem?

Finding the Poetry Hidden Inside Longer Writing; Techniques for Calling Forth Poems from Your Freewriting, Journaling, and Prose

Workshop with Laura Hansen

Jackpine Writers' Bloc Writers' Workshop

Saturday, September 19 from 9 AM to 12 Noon. Jack Pines Resort, 53014 State Highway 34, Osage MN 56570

(located 9 miles west of Park Rapids MN [1 mile west of Osage MN])

               Cost $55.00 Lunch at noon is included in the workshop cost.

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Instructor: Laura Hansen is the author of the Stevens Poetry Manuscript Prize collection, Midnight River, which was also a Midwest Book Awards Finalist in Poetry. Published in numerous literary journals, Laura has judged poetry contests for Central Lakes College, The Talking Stick Literary Journal, and Brainerd Writers Alliance among others. Laura is a two-time Grand Prize Winner in the League of Minnesota Poets Annual Poetry Contest and a three-time Five Wings Arts Council Grant Recipient. Laura facilitates Write in the Gallery at Great River Arts, is on the Lifetime Arts Creative Aging Roster of Teaching Artists, and has served on the boards of Great River Arts and The Five Wings Arts Council. A graduate of Concordia College in Moorhead, Laura owned Bookin' It— an independent bookstore—for over twenty years. Laura’s Night Stack can be found online at RIVERPOETHANSEN.SUBSTACK.COM

Where is the Poem? Finding the Poetry Hidden Inside Longer Writing; Techniques for Calling Forth Poems from Your Freewriting, Journaling, and Prose.

This workshop will look at some of the key differences between prose and poetry and explore creative ways to discover the poem hidden in longer written work. The group will, as poet Howard Nemerov puts it, be “riding the gradient invisible” from prose, to prose poem, to poetry through examples as well as writing and revisioning exercises. 

The workshop will run from 9 AM to 12 Noon. The workshop cost includes lunch at noon.

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            Book release party at 1 PM:  The Talking Stick 35 Book Release Party and this Writers' Workshop will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at Jack Pines Resort, 53014 State Highway 34, Osage, MN 56570.

The Book Release Party will start at 1 PM and run till approximately 4 PM. There is no charge to attend the Book Release Party. Lunch at noon will be on your own if you are just attending the Book Release Party. There is a restaurant available at Jack Pines Resort and it will be open from 9 AM to 9 PM. Dinner/supper after the Book Release Party will be on your own.

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YOU MUST PREREGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP. Please email Sharon Harris at sharrick1@wcta.net to sign up. Phone 218-732-3782 if questions. Be sure to include your name and mailing address, phone number, and email address. Make your $55 check out to Jackpine Writers' Bloc and mail it to: Sharon Harris, 13320 149th Ave, Menahga MN 56464. 

There is a limit this workshop to the first 35 participants and then put names on a waiting list.