As poets and writers how attentive are we to those things we glimpse in passing--the little gifts that present themselves to us as we go about our days?

Be prepared to enjoy a short talk on creating resonant particulars in your writing (poetry, prose, fiction, songwriting, essays…) after which we’ll allow some time to explore and apply the concept of details into your writing.

There will be a brief, voluntary share-out prior to the close of the workshop, time permitting.

Joseph Chelius is the author of five collections of poems: Taking Pitches and Row House Yards (Pudding House Chapbook Series, 2006 and 2011), The Art of Acquiescence and Crossing State Lines (WordTech Communications, 2014 and 2020), and Playing Fields (Kelsay Books, 2025). He is a former Bucks County, Pennsylvania Poet Laureate (2000) and was first-place winner of the inaugural Short Fiction Contest at Bucks County Community College, in 2017.

Joe's work has appeared in Cider Press Review, Commonweal, Poet Lore, Poetry East, Rattle, Schuylkill Valley Journal, THINK, and other journals. A semi-retired editor and editorial director in the health care communications industry, he and his wife have two grown children and have lived in Bucks County for 33 years.