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Nature Speaks: Staying Rooted with Plant Poetry
a collaboration with Missouri Botanical Garden
September 25 @ 5:30 pm
In collaboration with Missouri Botanical Garden, Nature Speaks presents Staying Rooted with Plant Poetry featuring a talk on reading and writing plant poetry by Kristin Emanuel, followed by a generative poetry workshop throughout the Garden.
This experience takes place during Extended Evening Hours. All activities are included with Garden admission (free for Garden members).
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Staying Rooted with Plant Poetry
This talk introduces a philosophy for reading and writing plant poetry that helps us stay rooted within the landscapes we inhabit, in the present moment, and in our relationships. Drawing inspiration from poets like Ada Limón, Mary Oliver, and Emily Dickinson, we can use language to cultivate interconnectedness, strengthening compassionate ties between our daily lives and the natural world. After the talk, a generative writing workshop will take place throughout the garden. Attendees need not be experienced poets. They need only bring their creativity and curiosity!
RSVP is encouraged but not required.
SCHEDULE
5:30–6:00 p.m. – Staying Rooted with Plant Poetry presentation with Kristin Emanuel in Farr Auditorium
6:00–8:00 p.m. – Attendees will walk through the Garden for a generative workshop, visiting the following:
- Climatron
- Arid House
- Linnean House
- Japanese Garden
- English Woodland Garden
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
KRISTIN EMANUEL holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Kansas where she studied eco-fabulism and the comics poetry movement. Her latest poems, comics, and essays have appeared in The Rumpus, Ecotone, and Blackbird, with new work forthcoming in Poetry Northwest and Sugar House Review. You can find a list of her selected publications at: https://kristinemanuel.com/.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Missouri Botanical Garden’s Nature Speaks series is a commitment to connect the community to nature through experiences, providing opportunities to engage with nature through the written word, artistic creations, music, movement, and discovery—all designed with a focus on each person’s connection with the natural world.
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