Poetry Workshop: Beautiful Objects and Unbridled Joy

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Art, Movies & Music, Community Events, Health & Wellness

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Adults
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Read, write, and discuss poems that find beauty in the most mundane of places and that describe joy unfettered from the weight of the world.

Join 2022 Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artist Award Winner and 2023-24 HoCoPoLitSo Writer in Residence Hayes Davis to discover beauty and happiness in the work of Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Clifton, Billy Collins, and Ross Gay.

Hayes Davis is the author of Let Our Eyes Linger (Poetry Mutual Press). He is currently serving as the Howard County (Md) Poetry and Literature Society Writer in Residence, and won a 2022 Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artists Award. His work has appeared in New England Review, Mom Egg Review, and several anthologies. He was a member of Cave Canem’s first cohort of fellows. An education administrator and English teacher, he lives in Silver Spring with his wife, poet Teri Ellen Cross Davis.