on the last day of september, i made my way to quakertown in bucks county to teach my animal poems workshop as a part of a family fun night at nockamixon state park.
after reading through some of my sample poems, a boy named austin told us about how he saw a momma and baby deer on the drive into the park. from what he could see, the momma wanted them to get back on their way, into the forest, but the fawn seemed interested in anything but stamping a path of footfalls into the woods. austin used these little moments as a way to put his first animal poem together, which he read to us at the end of the evening.
some other stories which were shared involved a dog named holly spooking a chicken to fly over its own coop and a dream of red, purple, blue, brown, and black bears circling a house, doing their best to get inside the home-- a bit scary, yes. but we had a great time even on a rainy friday night.
photography here is kindly courtesy of rebekah sheele
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