Death Becomes Poetry Share

Find examples of your poems to read where you have recognized that without death there could be no rebirth, where you forgave yourself for retreating, where you gave yourself time to regroup, where you believed the long kiss goodnight was the answer until you took another breath, where sleep felt so good until the dream inspired you awake, where you appreciated the darkness because you could see the stars. (And you don’t have any of your own, find and read someone else’s poetry.)

Come read and listen on Wednesday, January 22, 6:30-8:00pm in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room with poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building. Wine, tea, and treats will be served.

This program is free and open to the public. Please register by contacting Belding Memorial Library at bmlashfield@gmail.com or 413-628-4414.
The Library is located at 344 Main St. in Ashfield, MA.

Sponsored by Belding Memorial Library and Straw Dog Writers Guild.

Your facilitator: Naturalist educator. Writer, Poet. Priestess. Wild edibles enthusiast. Arianna Alexsandra Collins writes natural science / natural history articles for local and regional publications. She writes a bi-monthly column “Into the Outside” for The Ashfield News and has featured articles in MassWildlife, Ecological Landscape Alliance, and Northern Woodlands. Arianna is the author of Hearken to Avalon, a historical fantasy novel and a contributor to Nature Portals: Animate Earth Practices which provides meditative activities inviting the reader to engage with the natural world.

Through her business Offerings for Community Building, Arianna offers a variety of services in community engagement activities, outdoor immersion experiences, and poetry shares. Arianna is the executive director for the Hoosic River Watershed Association. She also serves as SDWG’s part-time remote admin.