Workshops (recent)
Poetry as Refuge and Resistance. Three-day workshop presented at Honeymoon Bay Retreat Center, Lake Cowichan, BC, Canada
A Talk about Trees: Writing Poetry of Delight. Morning workshop presented at A Rally of Writers. Lansing, MI.
How to Cook a Wolf: A Poetry Workshop. Three-day workshop presented at Honeymoon Bay Retreat
Writing In and About Hard Times. Day-long workshop presented at Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI.
Poetry craft talk presented Aquinas College Irish Studies Program Campus in Tullycross, Co Galway, Ireland.
Poetry craft talk presented at Central Arkansas University, Conway, AK as part of Arkatext Literary Festival.
Writing in the Midst: Poetry of Delight. Three-day workshop presented at Honeymoon Bay Retreat Center, Lake Cowichan, BC, Canada.
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.