Write your way: exploring poetry’s power
Write your way: exploring poetry’s power
When: Monday June 18, Thursday June 21 and Monday June 25 6 to 8:40 pm
Where: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/U of T 7th Floor, 252 Bloor St. W. (St. George Subway)
Who: Anyone interested in writing poetry. No experience necessary.
Cost: $75 plus HST
In this workshop series you will connect to your own words, investigate your stories, learn what supports your writing process, and have fun writing. A series of short writing exercises will help you become more comfortable and open to poetry’s magic. Poems, music, and simple movement will encourage you to work through your writing fears, enter your writing more fully, and say what you want to say. You’ll discover ways to edit your work and begin to learn about Toronto poetry scenes, including reading venues, and opportunities to publish.
Poetry comes from the energies and tensions of our bodies, spirits, emotions, and minds. As a group we will create three dynamic evenings which will help our writing break through some blocks and go where it needs to go. We’ll work with our rhythms, stories, and obsessions – get inspired. Poetry needn’t be intimidating. Come write your socks off!
Facilitator
Sheila Stewart loves helping people with their writing. A widely-published poet and adult educator, her second poetry collection The Shape of a Throat was just released by Signature Editions. Her first collection A Hat to Stop a Train (Wolsak and Wynn, 2003) is in its second printing. She co-edited The Art of Poetic Inquiry, forthcoming with Backalong Books. Her work has received support from the Toronto, Ontario, and Canada arts councils. As a PhD candidate, she explores how poetry and embodied writing practices contribute to transformation and healing.
For more info http://tlc.oise.utoronto.ca/Summer_Institute/Workshops_and_Courses.html or email sheila.stewart@utoronto.ca
To register, email oise.tlc@gmail.com
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