Turning Toward Grief

In a time of deep loss and confusion, how do we stay awake to our own aliveness and our capacity for joy? This four-week poetry retreat, held via Zoom webinar, meets every Friday, from 1-2:30pm Eastern Time (EACH SESSION WILL ALSO BE RECORDED AND SHARED) starting on October 17th. Each week, a new guest will share poetry and wisdom around the practice of meeting grief and loss on the page, helping us to stay in touch with our sorrow and delight at the same time. Guests for this retreat include: Naomi Shihab Nye, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, January Gill O'Neil and George Bilgere. We will spend time each session writing from poems and prompts from the guests' work as well as from James' new book, TURNING TOWARD GRIEF, which is now available for pre-order (signed copies here from the indie bookstore, Battenkilll Books). The schedule is as follows:

Friday, October 17th 1-2:30pm ET: George Bilgere

Friday, October 24th 1-2:30pm ET: Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Friday, October 31st 1-2:3pm ET: January Gill O'Neil

Friday, November 7th 1-2:30pm ET: Naomi Shihab Nye

The cost to join is $250, and there are limited scholarships available. Please email James to request a discount: penandplowmedia@gmail.com. You can sign up through this link to join this retreat that promises to hold us all with gentleness at this time in our lives.