Writing Ecopoetry

$25 each session or $80 for all 4 sessions (March-May)

The natural world has inspired poets throughout history, as nature sustains and renews human beings. Today many poets recognize the need to rethink how we respect and protect non-human life as well.

In this workshop, participants will read and discuss poetry that spans a wide range of relationships between people and the rest of the natural world from anthologies such as Poet Laureate Ada Limon’s 2024 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, Camille Dungy’s Black Nature, and Bradfield, Furhman & Sheffield’s Cascadia Field Guide.

Each class will include breakout rooms to share and discuss poems drafted from the models in the previous class.

At the final session, participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss one of their poems with the full group.

This workshop is appropriate for poets at all stages of their writing lives.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/writingecopoetry2025

When: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm EST

March 5 & 25, April 16, & May 7

$25/ session or $80 for the 4 session bundle

You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions as each session will build on the next.

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press 2022), and the chapbook, On Shifting Shoals (Kelsay Books 2023). Among her many awards are Third Wednesday Magazine's Annual Poetry Contest, the Mary Ruffin Poole Prize, and three Pushcart nominations. Her ecopoetry appears in Banyan Review, Poets for Science - The Nature of Our Times, Snapdragon, Feral, Kakalak and other journals. A former public school educator and adjunct professor, she has taught poetry with children and adults over many years. Visit her at https://www.joannedurham.com.