Name: Poetry Workshop: Villanelles at Pack Memorial Library
Start: 2026-10-21T10:00:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-10-21T11:30:00.000-04:00
Location: Buncombe County Public Libraries

Poetry Workshop: Villanelles at Pack Memorial Library

Writer Ben Fluet leads a monthly poetry workshop at Pack Memorial Library that switches between classes on poetic forms and open freewriting sessions. This month it's the villanelle.

You'll spend the first part of the 90-minute class on the history and rules of the form, then write your own. The class ends with sharing your work and trading feedback. It runs 10 to 11:30 AM in the Activity Room, and it's free.

Bring a notebook and give it a try, no matter how long it's been since you wrote a poem.

Buncombe County Public Libraries runs 12 free public libraries across Asheville and Buncombe County, with Pack Memorial Library on Haywood Street downtown as the main branch. The other 11 branches sit in neighborhoods from West Asheville and Oakley to Black Mountain, Weaverville, Leicester, Fairview, Swannanoa and Candler. Each one hosts free family programs through the week, like baby play time, bilingual story times, LEGO Club, STEAM projects, art after school and family movie nights. Most branches open at 9 AM Tuesday through Saturday, while Pack Memorial is open Monday through Friday.

Asheville parents plan whole weeks around the library calendar, and kids who come for LEGO Club tend to leave with a stack of books.

Buncombe County Public Libraries

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Poetry Workshop: Villanelles at Pack Memorial Library

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