Earth Words: A poetry thoughtshop

Reading and writing poems about the natural world can invite a deeper relationship with the earth and teach us so much about what it means to be alive. In this 45-minute webinar-style thoughtshop, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer shares poems about the natural world and its flora and fauna-poems that help us pay attention, or as Rumi would say, open the sail, so we can keep our hearts and heads where our bodies are, returning us to the present moment again and again. With each poem she shares and discusses, Rosemerry offers prompts for participants to write their own poems that explore their relationships to the world around them. Hosted by SHFYT at Mile High on June 22, 2022.

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5:06 The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac (part 3) by Mary Oliver
8:39 Earth Your Dancing Place by May Swenson
11:44 All Joys are Small by Sharon Corcoran
15:17 ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS BY JOSÉ A. ALCÁNTARA
19:17 Witchgrass by Louise Glück
23:32 Ugly Things by Teresita Fernández
26:54 Song for the Turtles in the Gulf by Linda Hogan
30:23 ON ANOTHER PANEL ABOUT CLIMATE, THEY ASK ME TO SELL THE FUTURE AND ALL I’VE GOT IS A LOVE POEM
by Ayisha Siddiqa
34:21 Dirt by Kwame Dawes
37:36 Lake and Maple by Jane Hirschfield
41:41 Bioluminescence by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

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