The Massachusetts Poetry Festival 2017

“Riprap Rocks” combines the central image of Gary Snyder’s poem “Riprap” (“Lay down these words/ Before your mind like rocks) with the interactive play of refrigerator magnet poetry. Words written on stones, the smooth granite cobbles of Cape Ann beaches, will be available for your inspiration. Each rock has a word on each side (sometimes three), often an opposite or otherwise kindred word, so that any line may be altered instantly with a flip. Blank rocks and Sharpie markers will be available so that participants can add new words.