ROBERT NEAL MARTIN
COME TO YOUR SENSES
A POETRY WORKSHOP FOR NON-POETS
In this two and a half hour workshop, we will play, take a few risks
and potentially explore
new terrain both within and outside ourselves.
Using sample poems and writing prompts as our guides we will:
✨ Give our critical, thinking minds a break and write from our senses
✨ Light-heartedly explore and write from the simplicity of the present moment
✨ Experiment with accessible tools for creative expression: spontaneity, sound, free association and more
✨ Move energy out of stuck places
✨ Quickly establish rapport and community with fellow travelers
Sunday, May 18
2-4:30pm PST
$47
Zoom link upon registering
There is limited space,
so register early!
"This workshop was so much fun and left me feeling more alive and energized than I have felt in a long time. When I read the workshop description, I did not believe I would be able to write 5 poems in 2.5 hours, let alone truly astonish myself in what I wrote, but I really did it! Every one of us in the workshop did it. Robert was masterful in guiding us to open our hearts and minds. He taught us to suspend disbelief, free associate, spontaneously generate, and engage beauty through our burgeoning artistic selves. I didn’t know I had it in me… but I do now! I can’t wait for the next workshop." -RB
WHAT IS LONGING TO COME ALIVE
WITHIN YOU?
✨ Maybe you have a desire to be more creative, however that looks.
✨ Maybe you have a longing to shake things up and be more spontaneous, present and playful.
✨ Maybe there’s a sense of wanting to explore something new and perhaps deeper within yourself, but you’re not sure how.
To paraphrase the award-winning poet, Mary Oliver, poetry is the doorway through which another voice may speak.
To give voice to the new and unexplored, I’d love to have you join me for a fun two hours of poetry and community.
This workshop is more about process than outcome.
It’s about discovering a voice within yourself that may have been quiet for a very long time, or that you may have never heard from at all.
It’s about exploring the terrain of your own interior, your own creative mind, in a playful and lighthearted way.
In the end, you will leave with a few finished poems to do with as you please.
But more importantly, you will leave a little bit more open to your own voice, your own capacity for expression. And you may be pleasantly surprised at what you’ve found.
Would a friend or colleague, maybe your partner or mom, find this engaging and fun?
Please share! The playful, experimental nature of this workshop lends itself to an easy feeling of community and support. It’s so fun to watch. So bring a friend or offer it as a gift. Spread the love of poetry this year.
"Working with Robert is a joyful exploration of creative writing. He never lacks for a new way to see something or new exercises to help jostle the mind and free the pen when you're feeling stuck. There's a writer in all of us and Robert is just the man to help find them." -JB
Robert Martin is a poet, filmmaker, playwright and photographer. Robert holds a BA in English Literature and an MFA in Film Production and has been a creativity coach and counselor to youth and adults for over thirty years. Robert has published a weekly poem on his poetry blog for the past thirteen years.