About the Getaway
What the Participants Say

Comments from past Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway attendees

“This was fantastic!”

“I really love the ‘requirement’ to write. This divine pressure gets my pen going. Thanks!!!

“Exactly what I needed. A push I am truly grateful for.”

“You did it again. I came here to escape ‘real life’ and your !#@?!#@? assignments smack me upside the head. Thanks.”

“Great to see friends and renew inspiration — Monday was awesome! — Thank you.”

“Thanks so much for the invigoration. I so enjoyed the writing prompts. Can’t wait to visit again.”

“It was as usual a great experience. I actually wrote (when I haven’t been doing) and of course, I improved.”

“I have not written for at least two years, maybe even three and it’s nice (and surprising) to find that the poetry is still there. I can’t thank you enough.”

“Money really can’t buy the support and opportunity provided by this very special weekend.”

“I came here to relax and write and that’s what I did. In the future, I might need to dance, relax and write so I like the disco too.”

“For me the highlight of the weekend was the Nancy Falkow performance and Stephen Dunn reading.”

“The Martin Luther King commemoration means as much to me as the weekend itself. God bless you, Peter, for all you do.”

“I am very glad I came.”