Winter Poems Inspired by Mary Oliver Writer's Group Course Back-to-School *FIRST AND SECOND full two

*FIRST AND SECOND full two weeks of January 2026

and ultimately a writing exercise emerging from the formal techniques we've examined and explored together

you'll have a few more strategies for sailing your creative ship into clear sailing or the stormy seas of the next four years and beyond

) inspiring walks

Winter Poems Inspired by Mary Oliver Writer's Group Course Back-to-School *FIRST AND SECOND full twoWriter's group private course ( group critiques and feedback) *min. 3 members In this class, well reconnect with the solace and joy that nature can provide, using Mary Olivers work for thematic inspiration, instruction, and as a starting point to launch our own poems. Each week, well consider a brief reading by Mary Oliver (a single poem, essay, or prose poem) placed in conversation with equally brief works from kindred spirit poets and writers in