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SUMMARY:Poetry and Pet Loss: Writing Through Grief
UID:9385
DTSTAMP:20260417T213500Z
DTSTART:20260528T203000Z
DTEND:20260528T213000Z
LOCATION:49 Spring Street, Auburn, ME 04210, United States
ROOM: Androscoggin Community Room
DESCRIPTION:Researchers are finding that humans grieve their animal counte
 rparts more at times than if they lost a human family member or friend. Th
 e Auburn Public Library is joining fellow animal lovers together on Thursd
 ay, May 28th, 2026 for a program that is part poetry reading/part pet grie
 f writing workshop from the 2025 Maine Literary Arts Fellow, Lynne Schmidt
 . This presentation will be broken into three parts: reading poems, writi
 ng poems, and sharing. Attendees will walk away with a "10 Prompts fo
 r Processing Pet Grief" handout which they can use at home to continu
 e writing through grief.  About the presenter:Lynne Schmidt (they/she) i
 s the queer, disabled, neurodivergent grandchild of a Holocaust survivor, 
 and a mental health professional with a focus in trauma and healing. They 
 are the 2025 Maine Literary Arts Fellow, the first and third-place winner 
 of the 2025 Books on the Bosque Contest, winner of the 2025 Mary Collar Me
 morial Award, 2025 Strong Point Of View Award, 2020 New Women's Voice
 s Contest, and more. Lynne is the author of the chapbooks, Dying Dog Poems
 , The Unaccounted For Circles Of Hell, Dead Dog Poems, and Gravity. In 201
 2 they started the project, AbortionChat, which aims to lessen the stigma 
 around abortion. When given the choice, Lynne prefers the company of her p
 ack of animals to humans.
URL:https://www.auburnpubliclibrary.org/event/poetry-and-pet-loss-writing-
 through-grief-9385
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