Join us for this generative workshop as we look together at the many ways poets use nature as a jumping-off point.
For some poets, it leads them to lament the current threats to nature, while for others the natural world leads to personal stories, or connections with ancestors. It can lead us to explore lessons to be learned from nature, to explore the realm of spirit, or to express wonder and awe.
Ultimately, writing about the natural world helps us learn something about the human experience. “Because nature is not a place to visit. Nature is who we are.” - Ada Limón
You will have opportunity both to generate new material or new directions from old material. Feel free to bring poems you’re working on that include some description of nature.
Poetry Is...
Poetry is a necessary way for us to see the world around us—the immediate community, the state, the country, and the earth itself. As the Proclamation establishing the program noted, poetry offers a way to bring the community together and helps us make sense of the world we live in. Reading and writing poetry give children and adults alike an outlet for their feelings, experiences, and emotions. (Reading poetry also helps children develop their vocabulary, critical analytical skills, and reading comprehension.)
Loveland Poet Laureate
Because we believe in the power of poetry to enrich, uplift, and express the lives of people in our community, the Loveland Poet Laureate Program advocates literacy, literature, and poetry to a wide and diverse population in Loveland and beyond and works to increase appreciation of reading, writing, and listening to poetry.
The Loveland Poet Laureate program was created in 2019 when the Loveland City Council appointed Veronica Patterson as Loveland’s first Poet Laureate on April 2, 2019. Beth Lechleitner is the current Poet Laureate, serving from 2025-2027.
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Because we believe in the power of poetry to enrich, uplift, and express the lives of people in our community, the Loveland Poet Laureate Program advocates for literacy, literature, and poetry to a wide and diverse population in Loveland and beyond and works to increase appreciation of reading, writing, and listening to poetry.
Thank You
Support comes from an ART IN PUBLIC PLACES grant given to the Poet Laureate Program by the Visual Arts Commission. This helped make these events possible.
