Dale’s Courses at Dominican University’s
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
Words That Get You Through
Poetry that sustains your life’s great journey
A well-lived life contains good times and bad. Times of unbounded joy and times that are fierce and challenging. Poetry has the ability to lift and sustain us during the many seasons and happenings of our lives. We also touch on the often-surprising lives of our featured poets. While not a writing class, all are invited to journal or write between classes as desired. Come for a unique experience of poetry. Come engage in spirited conversation. Come gather your own unique collection of bold, beautiful words that will get you through.
Stop the World… I Want to Get On
The poetry of change and life’s great transitions
At times our lives move so fast that we barely see the blur as it goes by. At those moments we may simply need to stop… to breathe and center… to let our soul catch up with our body. Great poems can help… and not some kind of vague, ethereal help, but practical help that gets right down there in the mud and bramble of life. The kind of support that shines brightly upon the world, helping us both see the path and create it at the same time.
Those Wild Women Poets
Celebrating the poetry of great wild woman poets, past and present
What does it mean to be a wild women poet? What can we learn from their work, lives, and perseverance? Join us for a deep experience of poetry for its beauty — yes, but also for its practical, hardworking characteristics as well.
It has been an incredible gift to be a part of Dale’s classes. He brings each poem to life, and recites in a way that demands you not only hear — but also feel — the poem until it becomes a part of you.Teri Hollowell, Executive Director, BCD Meetings & Incentives
Dale’s teaching is a rare sort ~ in the end, I felt that I had been involved in a deep learning experience and that we had been partners in the process.
OLLI student
