Ohio Poetry Association Blog

As another year comes to an end, we reflect on events of the past twelve months but also on the year to come. And OPA has an exciting year of programming planned for 2016. Our quarterly workshops will cover a wide range of poetry styles and topics. Becca Lachman will work with attendees to explore how poetry plays a role in our pursuit of peace, community, and social justice. And renowned artists John and Cathy Bennett will lead an exploration of the avant garde. We also have a great slate of special events lined up. In February, we’ll continue our series of ekphrastic poetry workshops at the Toledo Museum with Cindy Bosley. And in the mid-June, riding the tide of a successful reading this past September, you can join OPA as it takes part in the Summer Solstice Celebration at Serpent Mound in Adams County, where we’ll again feature some of Ohio’s top poets and honor voices of the past. Our writers’ retreats at Malabar Farm will feature two respected poets and educat

On September 26, 2015, The Ohio Poetry Association sponsored the “Voices from the Past,” reading at Serpent Mound State Memorial in conjunction with the Arc of Appalachia Preserve System (AAPS). You can read all about it by clicking this link . Here are some additional photos from that event taken by Kari Gunter-Seymour. David and Guilda LaClerc Altman Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson Kari Gunter-Seymour Connie Willett Everett Steve Abbott Kathleen Burgess Jack Burgess Mark Hersman Kerry Trautman Chuck Salmons