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Words Under the Words, CC 6/23–6/24
Description
In the City Center Dining Room
Tuesday, June 23–Wednesday, June 24, 10 am–4 pm
Everyone is already experienced. We are always beginners.
Dip into nourishing wells of words and silence.
Fuel up with poetry and quietude, allowing them to replenish one another. A writing circle of the encouraging kind! We will share beloved poems, writing in response, discussing process and particulars, finding first drafts, lines and images, listening to one another, with language springing up from many voices, and shared daily meditation. Resonance, resilience, simplicity, interviews and a writing walk too!
Please note that this retreat is two days and the retreat fee includes lunch.
Fee Information
- Benefactor Ticket Price: $325
- General Ticket Price: $260
- SFZC Member Ticket Price: $235
San Francisco Zen Center is committed to making Zen practice and the Dharma accessible to all who seek it by offering both a General support fund and a dedicated BIPOC support fund. Please email supportfunds@sfzc.org for more information BEFORE signing up.
To reserve overnight accommodations please call 415-865-1899.
Naomi Shihab Nye
Palestinian-American writer, editor, and educator Naomi Shihab Nye grew up in St. Louis, Jerusalem, and San Antonio, Texas, where she continues to live. She has been Young People’s Poet Laureate for the U.S. (Poetry Foundation), poetry editor for the New York Times magazine and The Texas Observer, and a visiting writer in hundreds of schools and communities all over the world.
Ryushin Paul Haller
Urban Temple Dharma Teacher
Ryushin Paul Haller served as Abiding Abbot at City Center from 2003 to 2012, and is currently the Urban Temple Dharma Teacher at City Center. He has lived and practiced at San Francisco Zen Center since the 1970s and held many positions at Tassajara and City Center.