In this workshop series, we will write text-based poems and create “maps” that can help us navigate difficult journeys, provide companionship for those journeys, and help heal trauma. Series includes two in-person meetings, one online meeting, and open studio time at the Roethke and Stone Houses. Free, registration required.

In this workshop series, we will write text-based poems and create “maps” that can help us navigate difficult journeys, provide companionship for those journeys, and help heal trauma. Series includes two in-person meetings, one online meeting, and open studio time at the Roethke and Stone Houses. Free, registration required.

In this two-part workshop, Jared Morningstar will lead us to write about a personal memory that revolves around an important moment in our life. We will then create handmade paper that embodies this memory and onto which we add our original writing.

In this workshop series, we will write text-based poems and create “maps” that can help us navigate difficult journeys, provide companionship for those journeys, and help heal trauma. Series includes two in-person meetings, one online meeting, and open studio time at the Roethke and Stone Houses. Free, registration required.

In this two-part workshop, Jared Morningstar will lead us to write about a personal memory that revolves around an important moment in our life. We will then create handmade paper that embodies this memory and onto which we add our original writing.

Please visit us for our annual Open House, free and open to the public. The event will include tours of the historic home, writing workshops, and an evening event. More details coming soon!

Joins this book club for poetry enthusiast where we explore the work of one poet each month. For June, will explore the theme of pop music and poetry.

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Join us for a poetry reading and discussion with Donny Winter.

Jared Morningstar will host this generative workshop that will take a deeper look at hometowns over time.

In this hands-on, audience-participation presentation, Mike Kolleth uses historic artifacts and bibliographic materials to tell the story of Roethke’s life and discuss the impact of his work on generations of artists.

Joins this book club for poetry enthusiast where we explore the work of one poet each month. For July, we will dive into the poetry of Pablo Neruda.

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Montana poet Marc Beaudin, formerly of Saginaw, reads from and discusses his latest collections: These Creatures of a Day (FootHills Publishing, 2024) and Life List: Poems (Riverfeet Press, 2020).

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Jared Morningstar will host the generative writing workshop that focuses on exploring different aspects of identity.

Joins this book club for poetry enthusiast where we explore the work of one poet each month. For June, we will dive into the poetry of Mary Oliver.

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Please join us for a community open mic hosted by Floet. Everyone is invited to participate and perform/read their original work, or just come to support our community of local writers.

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Join us to hear Dr. Rob Drew trace the history of the cassette tape, a cheap, low-fidelity music medium that fans grew to love. Rob will discuss how cassettes upended the music industry, inspired independent musicians, and initiated rituals of music sharing through mix tapes.

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Drop by our table at the 19th Annual Art & Garden Festival at the Andersen Enrichment Center in Saginaw, MI. We’ll be there from 10 to 3 with some free give-aways and all our swag for sale: Totes, blank journals, notecards, pens, and bookmarks.

For this workshop, we invite you to bring in a rough piece that you’ve been working on and engage in peer-review and fine-tuning, rehearse it at the Roethke House with other workshop attendees, and receive some performance and stage-presence tips from Floet.

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In this series, contributors to “A Field Guide to the Poetry of Theodore Roethke” will discuss the poem they wrote about in the book while sharing their individual perspectives on Roethke’s life, work, and legacy.

In this series, contributors to “A Field Guide to the Poetry of Theodore Roethke” will discuss the poem they wrote about in the book while sharing their individual perspectives on Roethke’s life, work, and legacy.

In this series, four well-established poet teachers will share poems and stories from the writers who helped shape their craft and approaches to poetry, along with sharing their own poems where they see the influence of these models and mentors.

In this series, four well-established poet teachers will share poems and stories from the writers who helped shape their craft and approaches to poetry, along with sharing their own poems where they see the influence of these models and mentors.

A celebratory reading of poems by all attendees to conclude the Four Temperaments workshop series.

In this series, four well-established poet teachers will share poems and stories from the writers who helped shape their craft and approaches to poetry, along with sharing their own poems where they see the influence of these models and mentors.

Marion Boyer offers a Baker’s Dozen Recipes for your half-baked poems. Attendees will work in breakout rooms with Anita, Marion, Carol, and Sherrin to experiment applying some of these methods to their poems.

Join us virtually for a group discussion on the 2024 Great Michigan Read book, Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley.

Anita Skeen will briefly discuss how she came to poetry and what poets she was drawn to in her early years, with a primary focus on the work of Margaret Atwood and Lisel Mueller.

Led by Carol V. Davis, this session will offer example poems and prompts for the Imagination Temperament.