Poetry & Creative Writing Workshops NOW on Zoom! w/ Meredith Heller

Tuesdays 4-5pm
Girls 9-15 (ish)
$30/class Venmo
(sliding scale available)
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Workshop Overview

My workshops are fun, engaging, and inspiring. I lead students through diverse writing invitations geared to spark their imagination, conjure their thoughts and feelings, and cultivate their unique writing voice. I help them develop an eye for detail, an ear for the musicality of the written word, and a trust of their creative instincts. Students build greater self-esteem and increase their capacity to express themselves with depth and clarity. We cultivate a community of friends who share a common passion for creative writing and self-expression and who encourage each other to dig deep and shine.

My passion is helping empower young people to speak their truth, express themselves clearly and creatively, and know that they matter. I draw on nature, the five senses, personal discovery, and a rich library of poets and writing invitations to evoke poetry from kids in their own voices about what most concerns and enlivens them.

Join me as we write odes to fruit and vegetables, personifications of the seasons and elements, and bring colors to life! Explore the five senses using food, spices, textures, and music. Investigate photographs, nature objects, and questions of inquiry. Delve into your relationship with your body: your hands, your hair, your skin, your belly! Meet me out in nature and write about what you discover there. Glean inspiration from a lively range of poets including Mary Oliver, e.e. cummings, Pablo Neruda, Sandra Cisneros, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Joy Harjo, Octavio Paz, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Ruth Gendler. And finally, practice speaking your poetry out loud in solo pieces and group performances. Workshops culminate with a seasonal student poetry reading at Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA.