Susan invites us into a realm where poetry is accessible, where poems are moments of discovery that often arrive unexpectedly. Susan has found that in a safe, free setting, surrounded with words, we can each write poems that express our soul and spirit—a playful, often profound and healing experience.

Dipping into our hearts as well as diverse books of poems, we bring forth a colorful group word pool using every color ink. Next, we create images, practice close observation, begin to develop metaphor and gradually move into “dreamsense” where we explore who we are, where we come from and where we’re going.

We’ll walk outside (rain or shine) and gather objects, (for fun) describe them metaphorically and learn what they have to tell us. We’ll create collages with found objects, (if we want) words and photos and write a poem of gathering. We’ll write love poems to the world and ourselves, and invocations, asking objects to bring us qualities we need. We’ll use guided imagery to take us to our childhood homes, become an object in the center of the house and write from that perspective. We may meet with our shadow and write our shadow’s poem-- a moving and transformational experience. We’ll follow our noses with words and stuff.

Comments on poemcrazy workshops include:

Exhilarating, playful and profound. Opens a tremendous creative frontier for people. --Kathlyn Hendrix, author of Conscious Loving and The Conscious Heart.

I didn’t want to say goodbye to that day. --William, SED 5th grader, Chico.

I was amazed at how you were able to address each one's poetry with such grace, drawing us all out in our unique directions. Tonia Triebwasser, writer

Sitting and writing poems with Susan is like taking a lid off a jar. --Laura. Chico.

What she drew out of us in a brief period was astounding. Patrick Gleason, Ca. Reading and Lit Project Workshop.

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