Poetry Retreat Day

Are you feeling the need to pray differently? Are looking for new ways to do this? Poems are intense expressions which use unusual combinations of words, images, and metaphors which jolt us out of our everyday experiences. Reading poetry can be a doorway into deeper prayer, a prayer that leaves room for the divine to surprise us. We will gather and explore the words of Mary Oliver, David Whyte, Wendell Berry, Christine Valters Paintner and many others. We will listen to lyrical words, have time on the grounds of Genesis to allow the words to move us, share our impressions and experiences with others, and have time to journal, create in words or images, listen to poetry set to music, or to simply rest.