Paying attention through the language of poetry is perhaps one of the truest expressions we can craft to manifest love for our shared world. Because the language of poetry is the language of particulars, in this workshop we’ll read and write poems with a focus on honing our image- and metaphor-building skills. Using the work of poets including Pablo Neruda, Ross Gay, Tracy K. Smith, Ada Limon, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Naomi Shihab Nye, Serhiy Zhadan, January Gill O’Neil, Dorianne Laux, Raymond Antrobus, and more, we’ll explore some of the ways poems allow us to more deeply witness the world, and in so doing help us honor our shared experiences of living in this space and time.

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