Living Poetry

The Heron Clan Zoom invites those published in the Heron Clan, those who have submitted but haven't yet heard their fate and all friends who have ever heard of the Heron Clan. It's first come first served and we read 1,2 or 3 poems per set.

To get this week's Zoom link email Katherinejamesbooks@gmail.com.

You can find out more at @heronclanpoems on twitter or dougstuber.wordpress.com.

You must Reserve your tickets at this link. RSVPing to this Meetup Event will not grant entry to this lecture.

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Join us for a talk with Ada Limón reflecting on her U.S. Poet Laureate tenure and "You Are Here", sharing restorative lessons from nature.

Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, will deliver the 78th Weil Lecture on American Citizenship on March 24, 2026. Her talk is titled, “The Invitation: Gathering Courage from the Natural World.” Reflecting on her time as U.S. Poet Laureate and her signature project,

Limón will offer small lessons from the earth and from the stewards who work toward saving our most precious places. In her talk, Limón hopes to offer ways to fall back in love with the world during precarious times.
Limón’s poetry and other writings have been recognized for their intimate engagement with human connection and the natural world. Her signature project as U.S. Poet Laureate, “You Are Here,” is a celebration of poetry and nature that launched in 2024. As part of the project, Limón edited and introduced an anthology of poems titled You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World. Another initiative, “Poetry in Parks,” installed works of art in seven national parks, each featuring a historic American poem chosen by Limón.

The Institute for the Arts and Humanities has hosted UNC’s Weil Lecture on American Citizenship since 2000. Brothers Henry and Solomon Weil established the lecture in 1915 to widen the discussion of the concept of American Citizenship in the United States. Presidents Taft and Carter, Eleanor Roosevelt, Senators J. William Fulbright and Nancy Kassebaum, and Professor Lester Thurow are among the many distinguished Weil lecturers. Other recent speakers have been members of Congress, diplomats, political commentators and renowned scholars.

Limón is the author of seven poetry books, including The Hurting Kind, The Carrying, and Bright Dead Things. In 2024, she was named a Time Magazine Woman of the Year. Limón is a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and a finalist for the Griffin Prize, the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the National Book Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award. She has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship.

What is this Living Poetry Virtual Workshop meetup?

This meetup is a reminder to join the Living Poetry Virtual Workshop (LPVW). We created the Virtual Workshop in response to several requests from members who desired more frequent and rapid feedback than the face-to-face workshops are able to provide. And, because this is virtual, it is available whenever and wherever one has access to email. The LPVW is an internet mailing list. When you send an email to the workshop address all the other members of the mailing list receive the email. While you are not required to reply to each emailed poem, if you submit poems for review, please return the courtesy and provide feedback to others. Mutual exchange makes this a vibrant and lively virtual community.

How do I join the Virtual Workshop?

Simply RSVP to this meetup. We'll add you to the mailing list.

How do I submit a poem for feedback?

Send your poem in an email to living-poetry-virtual-workshop@googlegroups.com.

How do I provide feedback on a submitted poem?

After receiving a submitted poem, reply to the email with your feedback. Please reply promptly. We suggest within a week of submission. By default, your email will be sent to everyone on the list. If you feel the need to email the poet directly, you will need to modify the "to:" address.

Regarding our feedback, we can provide suggestions for change or ask questions about the overall message of the poem if it is lost on us but be aware that the lost message has as much to do with us as the reader as it has to do with the poem. Take enough time to review them so you can get a sense for their meaning and flow. Highlight which lines or phrases really work and which don't. When you provide feedback on a poem think about how you would like feedback delivered to you on your poem.

How do I leave the Workshop?

In order to no longer receive LPVW emails, you must unsubscribe from the mailing list. To do this simply send an email to living-poetry-virtual-workshop@googlegroups.com asking to be unsubscribed and one of the list managers will take care of it.