Audio for the story. “To Create is in Our Nature” is the latest workshop being offered by Rockford’s Severson Dells Nature Center. Christopher D. Sims. Credit https://www.seversondells.com/ Ann Wasser is the director of the center. She said the organization will focus on writing poetry inspired by nature, with the help of local poet Christopher D. Sims. “And it was something I think that was a little unique to bring to the audience here at Severson,” she said. “And hopefully encourage other people that maybe are followers of Christopher and his work to think about incorporating nature into some of their own creativity.”