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Alphabet Soup: Writing the Abecedarian
Join Old Saybrook Poet Laureate Sandy Yannone as she guides you through the crafting of one of the most fun forms in contemporary poetry, the Abecedarian. Learn how using this alphabet form can support you in unlocking narratives and lyrics you’ve longed to write. No experience necessary.
Facilitator Sandra Yannone (she, they), is a former resident of Bloomfield and current Poet Laureate of Old Saybrook, still has her Wintonbury library card issued in the late 60s. She is the author of The Glass Studio (2024) and Boats for Women (2019), by Salmon Poetry in Co. Clare, Ireland. She is co-editor of the forthcoming anthology, Unsinkable: Poems Inspired by the Titanic (Salmon, 2026). Nominated for the Pushcart and Best of the Net awards, her work has appeared in Ploughshares, Poetry Ireland Review Connecticut Review, Lavender Review, and Women’s Review of Books, among many other print and online journals. Since March, 2020, she has hosted Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry on Zoom via Facebook.
Visit her at www.sandrayannone.com.
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