The Art of Transformation: Writing Nature Poetry / El Arte de Transformación: Escribiendo Poesía sobre la Naturaleza In-Person
Join Reyes Ramirez, Houston’s 7th Poet Laureate, for a creative writing workshop to see how poetry can explore the world around us. We will read nature poems and use writing exercises to document the natural world to then transform using metaphor, simile, and diction. Though a major city, Houston is home to diverse flora and fauna, and poetry is a way to show appreciation to our co-habitants on this earth! No previous writing experience necessary.
Únete con Reyes Ramirez, el séptimo Poeta Laureado de Houston, por un taller de escritura creativa para ver como la poesía puede explorar el mundo que nos rodea. Vamos a leer poemas sobre la naturaleza y usar los ejercicios de escritura para documentar el mundo natural para luego transformarlo mediante el uso de metáforas, símiles, y lenguaje. Aunque es una gran ciudad, Houston contiene una flora y fauna muy diversa, ¡y la poesía es una forma de mostrar aprecio a nuestros compañeros de vida en este planeta! No se requiere experiencia previa en escritura.
- Date:
- Saturday, March 21, 2026
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Meeting Room - Dr. McDavid
- Campus:
- Young Neighborhood Library
- Age Group:
- Adults Seniors Teens (13-18 yrs)
- Categories:
- Classes & Education Workshop
Reyes Ramirez (he/him) is the 2025 - 2027 Houston Poet Laureate, as well as a writer, educator, curator, and organizer of Mexican and Salvadoran descent. He authored the short story collection The Book of Wanderers (2022), a 2023 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalist, from University of Arizona Press’ Camino del Sol series, the poetry collection El Rey of Gold Teeth (2023) from Hub City Press, a finalist for the 2024 Texas Institute of Letters Award for Best First Book of Poetry, and Cerveza Songs: Houston, TX (2024), a collection of craft beer poetry reviews and photography that is an honor-winner for the Fred Whitehead Award for Best Design of a Trade Book from the Texas Institute of Letters. His latest curatorial project, The Houston Artist Speaks Through Grids, explores the use of grids in contemporary Houston art, literature, history, and politics. Reyes has been honored as a 2020 CantoMundo Fellow, 2021 Interchange Artist Grant Fellow, 2022 Crosstown Arts Writer in Residence, 2023 Intercultural Leadership Institute Fellow, 2023 Dobie Paisano Fellow, 2024 Speculative Play and Just Futurities Fellow and awarded grants from the Houston Arts Alliance, Poets & Writers, and The Warhol Foundation’s Idea Fund.