Join Anita Skeen and the Friends of Theodore Roethke for a delightful look at five poets laureate representing different places, projects, and poetic voices. We’ve invited past and present poets laureate to spend two sessions a week with us, in the first session showcasing their own words and work in the promotion of poetry, and in the second session offering a workshop for poets emerging and established.

All events are online and begin at 7:00PM EST. Workshops require registration as space is limited. If the registration fee is cost prohibitive, please email info@friendsofroethke.org and if seats are still available, we will work with you.

We will be joined by the following poets throughout February and March:

Week One: Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Poet Laureate of Liberia.

• February 11, Reading: Finding Poetry, Finding Healing During a Time of Chaos & Pain

• February 13, Workshop Rescheduled to March 18:
  Writing as a Tool in Finding Healing/Writing Pain, Trauma

Week Two: Joan Logghe, former Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, NM.

• February 20, Reading from the Front Burner

• February 22, Obsessions: What Fuels Your Writing Life?
  

Week Three: Ruelaine Stokes, Lansing, MI area Poet Laureate (representing three counties)

• February 25, Reading: Inspiration & Obstacles: How Poets Learn

• February 27, Workshop: Tapping the Deep Mind
  

Week Four: George Ella Lyon, former Poet Laureate of Kentucky

• March 4, Reading: Details forthcoming.

• March 6, Workshop: Details forthcoming.
  

Week Five: Marc Harshman, Poet Laureate of West Virginia

• March 11, Reading: Dispatch from the Mountain State and Other Poems

• March 13, Workshop: Mapping the Landscape: Detail and Recollection

Register on the FOTR website for individual sessions or the series. The first

sessions, on Tuesday night, are free and open to the public; the workshops on

Thursday night require registration and a $15 donation to FOTR. All sessions are

from 7:00 to 8:00 PM (EST).