Join us in MARCH for poetry book club. This month we are reading Ode poetry. For the first half we will read and listen to some examples of Ode poetry and then you will have time to write your own Ode.

How do we navigate painful times in our lives? As one who has experienced all kinds of tragedies, trauma, including war, cancer, the sudden loss of her mother, siblings, relatives, due to the Liberian civil war I survived, Dr. Jabbeh Wesley has used writing for more than thirty years as a tool in finding healing not only from her own painful experiences of everyday living, but also from the trauma of political upheavals, war, flight, the loss of home and identity as refugee, erasure, and much more. In this workshop, you will step into your own pain, especially in these historical times of national or global trauma and sudden life changes. This workshop is an empowering experience of finding healing through your own words.

Join us for a workshop by Marc Harshman, Poet Laureate of West Virginia. Marc will bring prose to writers of poetry.

Join us for a poetry reading by Marc Harshman, followed by a discussion with him about his work as a poet, author of fourteen children’s books, and as the Poet Laureate of West Virginia.

Join us for an online writing workshop with George Ella Lyon, former Poet Laureate of Kentucky.

Join us for a poetry reading by George Ella Lyon, former Poet Laureate of Kentucky.

Join us and Ruelaine Stokes, current Lansing Poet Laureate. This workshop will provide writing activities that tap into key moments in your life that made deep impressions on your mind, and prompt you to recall details to give flesh to a poem. We will use both narrative and associative thinking to bring poems to life.

A seed is planted. If the seed finds fertile ground, nourishment, and time to grow, it can start to take shape as a poem. The poet’s job is to keep breathing warmth into the seed until it starts to grow on its own. Ruelaine will read poems that have grown from such seeds and tell the stories of how they grew into poems.

Join us for an online workshop led by Joan Logghe, Poet Laureate of Santa Fe 2010-2012. Together we will explore with brief or life-long focus. Leonard Cohen says, "Waltz me to the end of Love." I say, "write me to the end of Mind." We will generate topics and follow into your Surprise Mind.

Join us for a reading from Joan Logghe, Poet Laureate of Santa Fe 2010-2012. She will talk about her experiences and read from pieces she wrote while serving as Poet Laureate.

Join us for a poetry reading by Dr. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, followed by a discussion with her about her work as poet, as a creative writing professor, and as the First Inaugural Poet for the inauguration of the 26th President of Liberia.

Join us to enjoy an afternoon of poetry at the first Poetry Out Loud recitation contest in Saginaw, Michigan.

In this workshop series, we will read and talk about work where poets attempt to dispel the darkness and write our own poems, attempting the same. During the four weeks of the workshop we will discover other poems which find joy in both expected and unexpected places, writing and sharing our own such poems.

Stop by the Roethke House on Sunday, December 8 from 2-5 for our holiday gathering. Enjoy mulled cider, cookies, and more.

Swing by the Roethke table at the Hollyday Art Mart and say hello to our founder and board member, Annie Ransford. She will be selling copies of Mr. Dog's Christmas at the Hollow Tree Inn for $20 each as a fundraiser for the Friends of Roethke Foundation. (Or buy a copy of the book right here! Shipping is free.)

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.

Join Floet and Keairra for discussion, writing time, and sharing. This event is free and open to all experience levels. Registration is not required. Light dinner is included, and everyone will receive a complementary Roethke tote or hardcover blank journal.

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.

Join Floet and Keairra for discussion, writing time, and sharing. This event is free and open to all experience levels. Registration is not required. Light dinner is included, and everyone will receive a complementary Roethke tote or hardcover blank journal.

5-8pm

989-401-6019 for seating and for takeout.

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. All performers will receive a complementary Roethke totebag or hardcover blank journal.

Are you scared of poetry? Then you should join us for poetry book club! Each month we pick a poet, read a few poems, and casually discuss. For October we will read and discuss the macabre poetry of Edgar Allen Poe.

Carlos Ramet will read from his just-launched novel "The Quiet Limit of the World" and be available for a book-signing and Q&A. 

A generative storytelling workshop and reading with RS Deeren, author of Enough to Lose.

Join us for our 4th Annual Open Mic at this year’s Open House.