Poetry on the Peaks - Marlboro preCollege, Malboro, VT, 5344

Spend a week hiking in the Green Mountains of Vermont reading and writing poetry and creative non-fiction. Throughout the week, we’ll hike through readings that engage with the very mountains we’ll be climbing, penned by writers who have explored the same trails before us.Did you know Henry David Thoreau climbed Mount Wantastiquet while visiting Brattleboro? Have you ever read the fire lookout tower poetry of Gary Snyder while in a fire lookout tower? We’ll add our own voices and footsteps to a variety of local peaks, writing poetry and creative nonfiction while taking forays to local mountains.Session V: July 27th - August 2ndProgram Fees: $950 (includes room & board)Marlboro College - Marlboro, Vermontmarlboro.edu/summersubject areas: Poetry, Environmental Studies, English