led by Michael Griffith

This course is a week of sharing and discussing some of the world’s great poetry written in (or translated into) English. The focus during this week will be on experiencing and fathoming how poetry can engage us at the deepest level, spiritually, emotionally, physically and intellectually. The time will include a collaborative, structured but unhurried engagement with poetry, as well as time set aside for experiencing the landscape around Silver Wattle, and for personal reflection and creative writing.

Michael Griffith is an experienced teacher of literature and poetry, and his work ranged from Shakespeare to William Blake to Australian poets. Michael has taught literature at the Australian Catholic University for the last 45 years and with many disadvantaged groups through the Clemente program. Now retired, he has published widely on Australian literature and has written poetry. His PhD researched the Australian poet Francis Webb, and was published as God’s Fool: The Life and Poetry of Francis Webb (Harper Collins/ Angus and Robertson, 1991). Still available as an ebook at https://www.amazon.com.au/Gods-Fool-Life-Poetry-Francis-ebook/dp/B0091SJ26K