Poetry from the Earth

Poems not only connect us with the human community, but they can help us forge deeper bonds with the places we live and traverse, or what David Abram calls the “more-than-human species” all around us. Honing our attention and senses can help us bring more original and vibrant detail to the page, making the poem itself a place for the reader to enter and explore. We’ll experiment with prompts and approaches that bring greater presence to our poetry and lives while also considering the poetry of writers Pattiann Rogers, William Stafford, Joy Harjo, Linda Hogan, and others.