WORKSHOP - Writing the Backyard: How to capture a place in your poems

Note: Registration is limited to two workshops/panels 

In this generative workshop, we'll look at classic examples of capturing a place in a poem and think about what makes a piece of place-based writing successful. How can you make your backyard interesting? What happens when you sit and really look and listen to what's around you? Nature writing will be our main inspiration, but we'll work to develop a keen eye for any setting.

Jesse Morse has taught literature and writing at Clark College since Fall 2018. He has a Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing from University of Denver. He wrote Flash Floods are Anomalies (Finishing Line Press, 2021). He plays guitar and sings in the rock band Night Paving. Most proudly, he is a devoted father to Wren, who just turned twelve!