Form and Fantasy: In The Book of Disquiet, Pessoa writes, “I see life as a roadside inn where I have to stay until the coach from the abyss pulls up. I don’t know where it will take me, because I don’t know anything.”  When we write, we often don’t know where we’re going. Or, if we do, we have absolutely no idea how to get there. Many poets use the patterns of traditional forms, like sonnets and villanelles, as a map to a finish line.  Oftentimes, though, they lose the wonder and joy of wandering–some of the best parts of writing–along the way.  In this workshop, we’ll read and write while wandering through beautiful Lisbon, playing with poetic forms as a way to help us capture what may seem chaotic, in our imaginations and surroundings, without crushing its charisma. This workshop is open to poets and non-poets alike.”