Commemorate the 250th anniversary of America's fight for independence with Poetry in the Garden's 2026 season, "Voices of the New Revolution." Each Monday this July, nationally acclaimed poets will share works that stand defiant of oppression and injustice, opting instead for empowerment, creativity, and empathy.

Limited to just 25 attendees, this 90-minute afternoon workshop, led by award-winning poet Sean Thomas Dougherty, will include a thematic overview, a reading of poems that illustrate the theme, and a brief generative exercise with the opportunity to share one's work. Workshops are open to writers of all experience levels and genres. 

From Sean Thomas Dougherty: "Do you have a story you need to tell about raising children? Taking care of an elderly parent? Sean Thomas Dougherty, a state certified Carer and Medtech, brings a professional caregiving perspective to this workshop, where participants will reflect on and narrate their own experience of caregiving—for parents, children, the disabled, those we love and perhaps even those who have caused us harm. Participants will explore the use of rational detachment and diverse writerly points of view in writing their own poems, then we'll share what we've written as tender retorts to this world’s trauma."

Students receive discounted rates - email info@keelertavernmuseum.org for details.