{"id":14859,"date":"2026-06-15T13:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/?p=14859"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:18:37","slug":"a-morning-with-the-poet-laureate-seminar-social-june-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/a-morning-with-the-poet-laureate-seminar-social-june-25\/","title":{"rendered":"A Morning With the Poet Laureate\u2014Seminar & Social\u2014June 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phil Asaph, named Cortland County’s first Poet Laureate in 2026, will be giving a poetry reading and writer’s talk followed by a Q&A session. This first event in a series of 4 seminars with Phil is focused on the education of a writer. Join us for a celebration of writing, poetry, and the English language!<\/p>\n

When: June 25 | 11am-1pm
\nWhere: YWCA
\nCost: $10 members | $40 guests
\nRegister today: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/sf8ny38s<\/a><\/p>\n

More about Phil:<\/p>\n

Poet, educator, meditation instructor, and Cortland County\u2019s first poet laureate, Philip Asaph has been in love with poetry since childhood. As a student, he received scholarships and fellowships to Eckerd College, Bucknell University, and NYU, where he studied under some of America\u2019s most prestigious poets and earned his MFA. As a teacher, he taught poetry, creative writing, and public performance for 20 years at The Long Island High School for the Gifted and Talented in the Arts and at numerous other schools and colleges before making Cortland his home ten years ago. His poetry has been described as \u201ctough and tender, playfully serious, and almost always accessible.\u201d His work has been published in journals here and abroad, including Poetry, Tampa Review, and The Humanist. Philip is also a well-known meditation instructor in the region and at the Cortland YWCA and is currently completing a self-training manual for meditation and a collection of poems entitled Here at the Heart of Western Civ.<\/p>\n

Other seminars in this series:<\/p>\n

Public Speaking\/Sharing Your Work\u2014July 23
\nPublishing in America Now\u2014August 27
\nBuilding Relationships with Other Writers\u2014September 24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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