2025 Workshop Talk | | Literature
Summary
“What I am pointing out is that unless you are at home in the metaphor, unless you have had your proper poetical education in the metaphor, you are not safe anywhere” (Robert Frost).
“The Poet with the capital ‘P’ makes me itchy—makes my skin crawl” (Billy Collins).
Handling metaphors aptly and humbly produces strong thinking, writing, and teaching. We will consider this thesis together in our workshop through the insights of Robert Frost and Billy Collins, with particular emphasis on upper school course application.
Speaker
Marcus Schwager is a husband and father of five who has taught for over twenty years and assists his father and brother in business. He is an adjunct professor in Camperdown, NSA’s lowresidency MFA program. He serves on the board of St. Abraham’s, an ACCS K-12 academy in Aptos, CA. In the past, he served as an American English-style consultant for the poetic books and minor prophets in the Bibliotheca Bible project and wrote a handful of teaching guides for Canon Classics. Throughout his years, he has enjoyed poetry as a sharpening stone, tone teacher, and enduring delight.
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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