Join us for a one-day poetry workshop with Clark County’s poet-laureate Susan Dingle.  Participants are invited into mindfulness in this unique place, to enter into relationship with nature as we de-center ourselves and become part of nature. In generative exercises, we will explore new perspectives. We will listen to the environment, as partners. 

All level of writers welcome — just come ready to open yourself to what comes! Coffee, tea, water and light snacks will be provided. Please bring any special snacks you need — we will NOT be taking a lunch break with this one. If you would like to bring a sack lunch to eat after the workshop concludes, you are welcome to do so! 

Please note: This workshop takes place in a historic home that is not wheelchair accessible. We will work to accommodate access however we can, but recommend that you email arts@pnfarm.com to confirm the space will work for you before you commit to the workshop!

About our teacher: 

Susan Dingle moved to the Pacific Northwest in November 2020, at the invitation of her son and his family, to begin a new life.  A therapist, and storyteller, as well as a poet, she was selected as Clark County Poet Laureate in 2024. She completed her MFA in Poetry at Pacific University in June 2025. Committed to bringing poetry into the community and the community into poetry, Susan offers writing workshops and programs involving marginalized communities including LGBTQ+ youth, recovering people and others.  She is awed by this vast and inspiring landscape of the Pacific Northwest, and is grateful for the opportunity to share the experience at Plas Newydd Farm.