Workshops

Poetry workshops that build voice, craft, and belonging.

Single visits, multi-day programs, and curriculum-connected sessions for students learning to write, revise, perform, and recognize the intelligence already inside their language.

Signature Programs

Five classroom-ready entry points.

Identity Builder

Grades 4-12. A self-definition workshop using “I Am, I Am Not” frames, metaphor, presentation, and reflection.

Open workshop

School Senses Builder

Grades 3-9. A place-based writing workshop that turns familiar school spaces into sensory poems.

Open workshop

Blueprint of Me

Grades 4-12. An extended-metaphor workshop that helps students map identity, values, goals, and inner architecture.

Open workshop

Becoming

Grades 5-12. A future-facing writing workshop for resilience, aspiration, confidence, and student-led performance.

Open workshop

School Community Builder

Grades K-6. A collaborative workshop that uses personification and collective poetry to connect students to classroom, school, and community narratives.

Open workshop

Teacher Fit

Designed to be useful before and after the visit.

Each workshop can stand alone, connect to a classroom unit, or become part of a longer residency. The strongest sessions leave students with a real artifact and teachers with a repeatable framework.

  • Grade-aware prompts and facilitation
  • Flexible single-class, multi-class, assembly, or residency formats
  • Optional performance, revision, and showcase components
  • Public sharing only when appropriate for the group
Ahmed Knowmadic Ali leading a school poetry workshop

Workshop Outcomes

What students leave with.

Original writing

Students produce drafts that can be revised, shared, displayed, or developed into performance pieces.

Stronger language

Sessions emphasize concrete imagery, metaphor, structure, revision, and voice rather than generic self-expression.

Confidence with purpose

Performance is treated as communication, not pressure. Students practice being heard with clarity and care.

Classroom continuity

Teachers can extend the frameworks into writing, speaking, reflection, health, social studies, or arts outcomes.

Booking

Bring a workshop to your school.

Send the grade range, number of classes, preferred dates, location, and whether you want a single visit or multi-day plan.

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