Recent Workshops


  • Poetry of/as witness. Three-day workshop presented at Honeymoon Bay Retreat Center, Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada

  • Writing (from) the body. Four-week virtual workshop for Planet Earth Poetry, Victoria, British Columbia.

  • Coping with change: Writing the feeling poem. Day-long virtual workshop presented for the Michigan College English Association, Lansing, Michigan.

  • Retreat at home. Month-long virtual poetry workshop (with poetry readings).

  • Writing the land. Two weekend workshop for the Grand Ledge Public Library, Grand Ledge, Michigan.

  • The art of poetic inquiry. Daylong workshop presented in Victoria, British Columbia.

  • Poetry as a healing art. Three-day workshop presented at Honeymoon Bay Retreat Center, Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada

  • Open-heart writing. Workshop presented to at Moorings Presbyterian Church, Naples, Florida.

  • Writing to an other: Poetry writing and revision. Workshop presented to faculty and students at Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

  • Those who can, teach: Poetry writing for teachers, K-12. Workshop presented for the Center for Poetry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

  • Learning to make fire: Writing the relationship poem. Workshop presented at the Rally of Writers, Lansing, Michigan.

  • Recognizing the poems in life: A creative writing workshop for teachers. Two-day workshop presented at the Japan Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Spring Conference, Tokyo, Japan.

  • The sacred in everyday life. Three-day writing workshop at Leaven Retreat Center, Lyons, Michigan.

  • Becoming comfortable with poetry. Three days of workshops held for students and teachers of Grades 5 to 9 at the Osaka International School and Senri International School, Osaka, Japan.