Megan Chaskey, Sag Harbor poet, musician, educator, creative, and healing and Naam Yoga Therapies practitioner, has taught poetry and writing, as well as yoga, meditation, music, gardening, and arts and crafts for over 20 years to adults, teens and children at local venues, schools, summer camps and workshops. In WORD UP! – an annual Guild Hall collaboration with Montuak School – Megan leads poetry writing workshops culminating in performance at the John Drew Theater. As visiting artist sponsored by the Anna Mirabai Lytton Foundation for Arts and Wellness, Megan leads poetry workshop series at Springs Public School.
In 2015 Megan released her collection of poems and memoir, Birdsong Under the Wisdom Tree, Collected Poems, A Book of Hours in the Life of a Poet, in which she interweaves a lifetime of poems, journal entries, and narrative.
Megan’s limited-edition books of poetry include “Heartwood” illustrated by her mother, local painter Connie Fox, and “Voice” illustrated by her stepfather, sculptor William King. Her poems have been published in anthologies, including “The Light of City and Sea”, “Sag Harbor Is”, and “Peace on Earth: A Book of Prayers from Around the World”.