SoundCore Exchange: Poetry Workshops

Express your unique estuary experiences through poems and creative literature under the guidance of professional poets!

These free workshops are for anyone interested in the arts to write, read, and learn about the community's shared care for the beloved environment.

Workshops

Conversations with Sea Stars: with Cynthia Pratt
Join the event from 4:30-6 p.m. on Oct. 24 at the Puget Sound Estuarium to focus on naming what is known about the estuary—what is there but then writing a speculative poem about the future: What you hope for; what you fear; if sea life could talk to you, what would they say?

Tidepools and Inkwells: with Emily Van Kley and Oly's Poet Laureate Ocean
Join the event from 4:30-6 p.m. on Nov. 7 at the Puget Sound Estuarium for an exploration of attention, senses, and deep time poetics; each attendee will come away with a few poems inspired by the local waters of the beautiful Salish Sea! Write with the anemones!

Oyster, Osprey, and Orca: with Kathleen Byrd
Join the event from 4:30-6 p.m. on Nov. 21 at the Puget Sound Estuarium to learn about estuary poetics and then share and write about the more-than-human world of the home estuary: The Salish Sea. Read estuary-inspired poems, share estuary images and stories, and write together. Each participant can expect to leave with a poem draft, a packet of estuary poems, and a deepened connection to the community and to the estuary.

SoundCore Anthology
December 5, 4-5:30 p.m. at Olympia Timberland Library
All poems collected from these workshops will be compiled into a community-made zine, which will be showcased at this free event!