Over the course of four and a half days, nationally acclaimed poets will present very special techniques for teaching poetry, including sample exercises and prompts that teachers will be invited to try out and then discuss. Each day will offer sessions devoted to the participants' sharing of their own teaching ideas, a popular element in prior conferences.

New this year will be a sample revision workshop, allowing participants to take part in an actual in-class critique of student writing. Also new will be a first-day session led by Baron Wormser and Dawn Potter devoted to the fundamentals of a poetry-based classroom. The final morning session will give everyone an opportunity to discuss what has been learned and ways to implement new approaches. And both faculty poets and participants will have the chance to read their poems in Robert Frost's historic barn, now a rustic auditorium/classroom.

The Seminar schedule features daily morning talks and discussions exploring aspects of craft and technique through a close look at one or more of our poetic forebears; afternoon workshops of participants' poems; and evening readings, some of these by faculty poets and others featuring participants.

This is a unique opportunity for dedicated poets to delve intensely into the poetic process. Seminar participants will have their work-in-progress given generous and focused attention and will be invited to think in new ways about what can be accomplished in revision.

Enrollment is strictly limited to 16 participants. Priority will be given to participants in previous Frost Place programs, with spaces also available for qualified first-time Frost Place visitors.