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Poetry Workshops with Rebecca Sharp
17 & 24 January, Arbroath – free, ticketed

Led by poet & playwright Rebecca Sharp, these workshops will explore the ways stories are preserved, forgotten, or reinvented – from history to legends & folklore. No experience needed.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-workshop-with-rebecca-sharp-tickets-1977268333813

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This was the result of a very special workshop on ekphrastic poetry today.

I am a sorceress, twice in exile –
they claim my magic is merely madness, but
those with the eyes to see know better
I am the voiceless breaker of curses, until now
bearer of grief no one knows about
I am no one’s prisoner anymore

to know myself is to know my power
to know myself is the key to my freedom
I have all that I need
there is an embarrassment of riches in my heart
and though you may not like what you see
you might be shocked by it
terrified by it
I have looked within so I can look without
I see you for all that you are now
and you hold no charm for me
I am made of night and waves and song
water and air, wrath and lightning
while you are made of nothingness
I do not need you, you need me
you will no longer have my pain

so here I go, I’ve broken my chains
and the ties that bind me
and I take my first steps into the dawn and
the red world

~”the sorceress”, after breaking the vicious circle by remedios varo, written by Allēna 11/9/2025

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Join us tomorrow at 6pm ET for an in-person reading and workshop with NC poet Jennifer Conlon! 🐸🌤️

"Jennifer Conlon’s 'Taking to Water' is the most transformative collection of poems I’ve read. When Conlon’s speaker says 'let there be life in me / in my own beginning' we are given a home in this affirmation of queer resilience, where self-fulfillment can stretch the landscape until the landscape agrees. Taking to Water captures the search for the ways the world could make room for us, 'make room / for my body & all / that comes with it.' Conlon has given us a sharper, better lyric to inhabit and demand the world with." —C.T. Salazar, author of "Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking"

After the reading, participants will have the opportunity to create their own self-glossary, which can be vulnerable and celebratory ✨

This free, in-person event has limited space, so please sign up through the link in our bio (or https://firestorm.coop/events/3095-taking-to-water-a-reading-and-workshop-with-jennifer-conlon.html)

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Next month we're hosting NC poet Jennifer Conlon for a reading and workshop! In their debut collection, "Taking to Water," Conlon celebrates the survival of trans and nonbinary kids who live in places that don't allow them to thrive, turning their gaze toward the natural world that catalyzes dreams of possibility, transformation, and safety.

Using materials provided by the author, participants will be invited to write their own self-glossary—and optionally share it with others. This is a free, in-person event with limited space, so please sign up at https://firestorm.coop/products/20530-taking-to-water.html

#QueerSouth #QueerPoetry #QueerBooks #PoetryWorkshop #FeministBookstore #TakingToWater #FirestormCoop (- L)

On April 15, I'll be teaching a workshop on Playing with Meter in Poetry! What's meter? How is it useful? What the hell is a foot? All will be revealed, and we'll write some fun poetry as it is. The workshop will be on Zoom, so you can be anywhere with an internet connection and still take part. Sign up here (scholarships are available!): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/playing-with-meter-in-poetry-tickets-566932298767 #WritingWorkshop #CreativeWriting #WritingClass #Poetry #PoetryWorkshop #WritingLife