Lily has a wide variety of teaching experience ranging from undergraduate-level poetry instruction (beginner and intermediate) to community writing workshop facilitation to one-on-one poetry consultations. Any of the below programs can be adapted for a variety of ages and skill levels. Please reach out via the Contact form to request a CV or discuss your community’s needs.
Current & Upcoming Workshops
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Past Workshops
May 2023 – May 2026: Weekly Writing Circle with All Ways Writing Collective. A facilitated writing circle with a prompt, 45 minutes to write, and an invitation to share.
April 22, 2026 “How to Read a Book (of Poetry)” with Big Red Books. A facilitated listening-with-the-heart to a great book of poetry, this time featuring Valzhyna Mort’s Music for the Dead & Resurrected.
Nov 19, 2025 “How to Read a Book (of Poetry)” with Big Red Books. A facilitated listening-with-the-heart to a great book of poetry, this time featuring Alice Notley’s The Descent of Alette.
June 11, 2025 “How to Read a Book (of Poetry)” with Big Red Book. A facilitated listening-with-the-heart to a great book of poetry, this time featuring Ross Gay’s Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude.
February 16, 2025 “Listening for God Series: How to Hear a Poem” with Grace Hastings Episcopal Church. A workshop that teaches how to receive a poem to allow for the most resonance, literally and spiritually.
November 13, 2024 “How to Read a Book (of Poetry) with Big Red Books. A facilitated listening-with-the-heart to a great book of poetry, this time featuring Ada Limón’s Bright Dead Things.
November 5, 2024 “Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop” with Rockland Center for the Arts. Generative poetry workshop using Ekphrasis, text in response to image.
August 28, 2024 “Blackout Poetry & Sacred Text” with Grace Episcopal Church Nyack. Facilitated experience of creating erasure poems out of scripture passages.
August 26, 2024 “Poems of Power” Generative Workshop with Montvale Public Library. Generative poetry workshop on manipulating power in a poem using tone.
June 26, 2024: How to Read a Book (of Poetry) with Big Red Books. A facilitated listening-with-the-heart to a great book of poetry, this time featuring The Wild Iris by Louise Glück.
June 2024: Poetics of Voice Poetry Workshop with All Ways Writing Collective. 5-week intermediate workshop on voice and tone.
March 6, 2024: Sourdough Starter: Using Other People’s Poetry to Start Your Own at Big Red Books, Nyack. Generative poetry workshop on using other people’s words to write your own, using collage, erasure, and inversion.
February 7, 2024: “Poems of Power” Generative Writing Workshop at the Nyack Library. Generative poetry workshop on manipulating power in a poem using tone.
January-February 2024: Beginner Poetry Workshop at the Carson McCullers House. 5-week poetry workshop on methods for creating poems and the basics of workshopping one another’s work.
January 21, 2024: Grant Writing for Artists Workshop with the Arts Council of Rockland. Presentation on the basics of grant submissions for individual artists, from a grants professional.
February 28, 2023: Generative Poetry Writing Workshop at the Nyack Library. This is a generative poetry workshop that teaches strategies (e.g., collaging poems) for using other poems in the creation of your own work.
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