Poet's Caravan

Join poet William Howell on a visit to several of Crestone’s many spiritual centers for a day of readings, writing, sharing and celebration. Includes lunch. Meet at Crestone Post Office at 10:00 AM with your own transportation. We’ll carpool. Bring writing materials. Limited to 12 participants.

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Beyond Words

Join poet and artist Maureen Eich VanWalleghan for a workshop on illustrating your poetry.
Enjoy the fun of bringing poetry and visual art together (even if you consider yourself artistically challenged). 
 

Session 1: 10:00 to 11:30; Session 2: 2:00 to 3:30. Lunch on your own. 
Bring five completed poems. 
Materials provided:  magazines, glue, scissors, pens, paints, brushes, and paper.
Limited to 10 participants. Meeting place to be announced.
 

Writing Nada

Join poet Sharon Corcoran for an exploration of space, silence, and poetry at the Nada Carmelite Hermitage, a spectacular setting overlooking the San Luis Valley. An afternoon immersion for anyone who delights in the contemplative practice of poem making. All religious persuasions (or lack thereof) are welcome. Bring writing materials.

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Flight from the Palm

In this Flight from the Palm workshop, join June Lucarotti CYT-200, MFA to dive into the chakras in a whole new way. The workshop includes krama vinyasa yoga flow & restorative yoga paired with creative writing exercises. Writing exercises will be prose, poetry, and hybrid forms. Participants will work their way from the root chakra up to the crown chakra, healing, creating, and sharing. Workshop available in Spanish & English.

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A lounge kind of reading circle. Bring three lines to share from your workshop, your day, your journey, your journal.  

Photographer Kit Hedman and poet Hilary DePolo explore the racial and cultural diversity of Morgan County, Colorado. 

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Astronomer, geologist, publisher and poet Danny Rosen brings a few words from deep time and space.

Paleohippy Shroompa Art Goodtimes and Grand Junction slam poet Tori Miner rip it up in a cross-generational jam.

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William Pitt Root brings the word from a life well lived.

Albuquerque Poet Laureate Emeritus Jessica Helen Lopez brings the heat from the Land of Enchantment. 

It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing. Join singer and poet extraordinaire Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer for an evening of jazz, poetry, and open-mic readings with Crestone’s very own jazz all-stars. Cloud Station, downtown Crestone.