Joy and Despair, Poems of the Earth, 966 Cherry St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506

Northport, MI at noon.

I’m excited to be back at Brilliant Books after the long Covid hiatus. I’ll read from the two new books, and some new poems.

Reading at Mackinac Island Library with James Lenfesty. I’ll read from both new books.

Open to the public. Free! In this workshop, we’ll first hear some poems that look for the spark of magic in objects right in front of us. Then we’ll wander around the museum and choose one object that sends a jolt of excitement through us. We’ll study it and take notes. How is it made? Why does it attract us? What parts of the object catch our attention? Then we’ll come back together and work on a poem that attempts to capture that moment of excitement on paper.

Cordia Book Club members talk with me about Mortality, with Friends. Not open to the public.

At Horizon Books, Traverse City, with Jennifer Steinorth, Teresa Scollon, Anne-Marie Oomen, Catherine Turnbull, and yours truly.

More information about this forthcoming

I’ll be reading from Mortality, with Friends. After my reading, there will be an open mic, which you may or may not choose to stay on for. This event is on Zoom. Email me for the audience link.

I’m meeting with two book clubs in Georgia. This is a private function.

Crafty Moves: How to Do Good Camera Work Inside the Poem

This hour and a half workshop class will focus on "Flying Through a Hole in the Storm: Aging” and other topics concerning connections between prose and poetry. I may read from Mortality, With Friends as well.

EDT Times for reading and workshops TBA

This is a virtual reading for students and faculty of the RWW MFA program in Tacoma, WA

Date and time are not yet firmed up. This will be a recording with Grace Cavalieri interviewing me. EDT

Private book club event on Zoom.

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Three hours, 1-4 EDT

This master class open only to IWWG members:

In this workshop, we’ll first look closely at some published poems that stretch amazingly wide. We can use them as models. Then we’ll start from scratch. We’ll write a new poem. Using a beloved, neutral, or hated object to concentrate on (you supply your own object) we’re going to move step by step outward and inward, expanding our sense of what our poems can do.

More info on this virtual reading coming soon. There will be a link for signing up. ETD

This panel discussion among poets (Thomas Lynch and I are confirmed so far) will be held on Zoom, sponsored by Brilliant Books in Traverse City. Here’s the link:
https://www.brilliant-books.net/event/poetry-month-panel-discussion

Reading plus class visit on Zoom. Other classes will be watching the video later. EDT

Register for this event at IWWG.WILDAPRICOT.ORG/openmic