How to write a love poem, the *SELF-LOVE poetry workshop.
Pour your love into a poem & mount it as a work of art in this soul-nourishing workshop hosted by poet & training therapist Hayley Frances. An alternative Valentines experience.
Birmingham Sat12th Feb 2022
10:30 - 13.00 @ Midlands Arts Centre Birmingham.
1 workshop of 3 for our Season of Love.
I Self-Love Poetry Session,
II Grief-IS-Love Poetry Session,
III Lovers & Friends Poetry Workshop.
A love poem to yourself from yourself.
We'll begin the workshop with a heart-opening exercise and free-flow self-writing to set our intention to love, reconnect with our hearts and invite the emotional and sensual energy of love to ignite our creativity.
We'll continue by responding to a series of writing prompts that give your intuition and love a voice through metaphor and story. We'll explore the love we share, desire and withhold from ourselves, deepen our awareness of the love in our hearts in all its beauty and complexity, and create poems as an act of self-love.
In the second part of the workshop, we'll edit our poems into works of art and mount them into frames as a gift to ourselves this love season. There are no rules in this workshop. Though there are poetry forms, all poems are welcome here, whether mantras, reminders, interpretations, sonnets, statements, lyrics or letters.
The workshop includes feel good energy, guided meditations, free flow writing, intention setting, poetry prompts, biblio-poetry therapy, art supplies, frames, connection, refreshments & soundscapes inspired by the heart.
The Details
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We'll provide all art supplies, a typewriter, a printer for those who would like to type and print their poems, and frames for the finished pieces. There will also be refreshments and a breakout room.
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Everyone of every ability is welcome, especially those who've never written a poem before and want to start or continue a self-love practice.
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For more information, please email poetry(@)hayleyfrances.com or contact us here.
£29
Full Price
Please allow others to take low-income places if you can afford the full price.
£19
Low Income
Bursary for low income use code ‘ILOVEME’.
LIMITED CAPACITY
“In writing poetry, all one's attention is focused on some inner voice.”
— Li-Young Lee
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