Name: Earth Lines: A Poetry Workshop and Reading with Mary Quade, MFA
Start: 2025-09-06T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-06T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Federated Church Family Life Center

Join us this September 6th for Earth Lines: A Poetry Workshop and Reading with Mary Quade, MFA from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the Family Life Center’s Labyrinth, 16349 Chillicothe Rd, Chagrin Falls, OH 44023. This event is open to the public and facilitated by Professor Mary Quade.
In this unique gathering, we’ll explore how poetry can deepen our connection to the natural world, offering language to express wonder, grief, and responsibility. Through guided writing exercises, shared readings, and reflective conversation, participants will be invited to engage their senses, tap into personal experience, and give voice to the landscapes that shape us. Whether you’re a seasoned writer or simply curious about the power of words, this workshop is open to all. Together, we’ll use art to slow down, listen closely, and rediscover our relationship with the living earth. Come write, reflect, and reconnect with nature, with community, and with yourself.
Register here: https://givebutter.com/LHLpcX
About Mary Quade:
Mary Quade is the author of two poetry collections, Guide to Native Beasts (Cleveland State University Poetry Center) and Local Extinctions (Gold Wake), and the essay collection Zoo World (The Ohio State University Press/Mad Creek Books), winner of The Journal Non/Fiction Prize. Her work has received an Oregon Literary Fellowship and four Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards for both poetry and creative nonfiction. She teaches creative writing at Hiram College.