For Poets Looking to Create Space
An Online Workshop Series Opportunity
Since the beginning of the Stop Writing Alone community (and especially once the pandemic stepped in), I am very sad to say that I dropped the ball when it came to keeping my Staten Island Writing Group active. In recent years, I am happy to say that I found out, at least in the realm of poetry, there is a powerful community taking to the streets. This month one of the powerful leaders in that community, Thomas Fucaloro, is launching a FREE online poetry workshop series for anyone to join (you can bet I am all signed up).
Why Creating Space
Last year I joined another workshop created by Thomas Fucaloro (The Garbage We Inherit) that was hosted in a number of local venues in Satten Island, New York. The experience helped me see my home and my writing with brand new eyes. It was opportunity to learn from local poets, hear new (to me) voices, and tap into an aspect of my writing I thought long dormant. I am so looking forward to having a similar experience this Spring and didn’t want to get started this Saturday without taking a moment to post about it here and let you know. I had shared the registration link in some social spaces when I originally signed up, but due to my wonky health in the past month I never got around to writing up the full, attention-grabbing Substack post.
Here it is.
Here is the description of the workshop from Thomas himself:
A FREE POETRY WORKSHOP SERIES CELEBRATING POETRY. THIS SERIES WILL TAKE PLACE EVERY OTHER SATURDAY STARTING ON MARCH 16TH FOR 6 SESSIONS LED BY SOME OF THE MOST INSPIRING POETS TO PUT PEN TO PAPER. FOLLOWED BY AN ONLINE READING AT THE END OF THE 6 SESSIONS. HERE IS THE SCHEDULE:
Saturdays, 3-5pm EST:
March 16: Regie Cabico
March 30: Gabriel Ramirez
April 6: Siaara Freeman
April 20: Ken Arkind
May 4: Angelique Palmer
May 18: C. Bain
If you are interesting in joining in and haven’t already registered when I shared this before, here is the form to do so
Registration link:
Perhaps I will see you there. If not, you can be sure I’ll be sharing my experience with you here by summertime!
I signed up!