Program Type:
Hands-On Program or Workshop- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will open on March 26, 2026 @ 6:30pm.
Program Description
Event Details
In this creative writing workshop led by poet, musician, and teaching artist Sean Avery Medlin, participants will read poems that describe, imagine, and narrate the natural world. While the natural world is a common theme in contemporary poetry, this workshop asks participants to rethink the connection between flora, fauna, and the poet. What might the decaying saguaro tell us about ourselves, or our own society? How can the hummingbird inspire spirituality, conflict, or freedom? Where does the line between the natural world and the manmade world start, end, or does such a line even exist?
Drawing upon the beauty of the Sonoran desert and its inhabitants, participants will create poetic work that attempts to capture the complexity, movement, and synchronicity of the plant and animal life around us.
Writers of all genres and experience levels are welcome!
Registration is requested, but not required.
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