I am available for school visits—to work with groups of all ages. It’s one of my passions.
From my blog post, “Sacred Flame”:
“Early Wednesday morning, stepping into the car to drive north, the air at minus-27 degrees Celsius, I watched the sun rise over the woods and crystalline fields. I was on my way to a local elementary school to give a day of workshops on the topic of courage, something we never stop needing in a human life. Our shared project was the creation of a school poem. At several instants, throughout each class of themed readings and discussions, impassioned blurts, dynamic chatter, and the scribbly whir of crayons, a quiet thought ran through me: what a thing to honour poetry in the presence of the future. Children.”
For courage and comfort, poetry has always been a place to turn—to read, to write, to speak. It gives me pleasure to work with young people in the classroom, sharing my lifelong love of writing and language. The importance of each voice. The significance of coming together with a common creative purpose. Human connection is everything.