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Word Honey: Pollinator Session

Lead by Geneva Toland
2025-07-30 18:00:00 2025-07-30 20:00:00 America/Denver Word Honey: Pollinator Session Join us for a special poetry writing workshop on the topic of "Poetry as History" Durango Public Library - Room 1

Wednesday, July 30
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-30 18:00:00 2025-07-30 20:00:00 America/Denver Word Honey: Pollinator Session Join us for a special poetry writing workshop on the topic of "Poetry as History" Durango Public Library - Room 1

Join us for a special poetry writing workshop on the topic of "Poetry as History"

Geneva Toland is a writer, songleader, naturalist, and educator currently working towards her MFA in Poetry at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Her writing has appeared in Southern Humanities Review, Camas, humana obscura, Four Corners Voices and West Trade Review, among others. She is also a poetry editor at Terrain and Chapter House Journal. She feels humbled to live in the foothills of the La Platas, homelands of the Ute, Diné and Puebloan peoples, where she teaches creative writing workshops, leads monthly song circles, plays with kids in the woods, and writes towards justice & equity with the organization Fierce Allies.

AGE GROUP: | Everyone | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Poetry/Writing | More Fun Stuff! |

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