poetry + environmental science + community =
a joyful rising in our climate-changed world
Upcoming Events at AWP 2025!
We will be presenting at AWP in Los Angeles next March as part of two panels: HellbentHope: Poets Holding Fast During This Time of Ecological Crisis (with David Baker, CMarie Fuhrman, Matthew Olzmann, & Aimee Nezhukumatathil), as well as Poetry & Climate: Building Eco-Resilience Through Poetry & Community Action (with David Hassler, Jane Hirshfield, KimberlyBlaeser, & Sean Hill).
We’re pleased to announce our very first virtual session!
The event will be an online generative writing session, free and open to writers of any and all levels, on Thursday, November 21, 7:00-8:30 pm, ET. We’ll be joined by the naturalist and poet Kai Coggin.
Gratitude Difficult But Necessary: The Practice of Awe & Awareness Amidst Ecological Crisis (register in advance to receive a link)
Announcing Our 2025 Poetry Faculty
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David Baker
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Camille Dungy
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Jane Hirshfield
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Tim Seibles
We believe in the transformative power of poetry to rise up during these most challenging times, and we nurture those who are determined—hellbent—to find words that protect, repair, and bear witness to this earth and our non-human kin of plants and animals.
Come. Join us.
Alone, each of us is one person. But together we are a chorus of voices heard over the coming storms.
