Forest Poet/Tree Walk

A much-loved event at the Victoria Festival of Author’s, the Forest to Poet/Tree Walk returns this year.

Come explore W̱MÍYEŦEN (wh-my-eh-then: place of the deer) Nature Sanctuary (formerly known as Mary Lake). Join Yvonne Blomer and Beth Kope as they follow the shadow of cedar and oak, the call of red-winged blackbirds along Earsman Creek, near the shores of Mary Lake and through the Coastal Douglas-fir forest. 

Guest poets who will join Beth and Yvonne on W̱SÁNEĆ land to share their poems and celebrate language and the natural world include Brandi Bird, Tim Bowling, Cynthia Woodman Kerkham, and Sho Yamagushiku.

Please be aware that this event is a forest walk: bring appropriate shoes, raingear, and energy for an hours walk through the woods and trails with stops along the way for poems.  Be prepared for the weather, and be aware that distractions from flickers, herons, mink or beaver may occur as we walk with these poets through the forest.

Saturday, October 19, 10:00 AM
or
Sunday, October 20, 10:00 AM
W̱MÍYEŦEN Nature Sanctuary (Mary Lake)