Services
Workshops, residencies, keynotes, consulting, and performance.
A clear booking hub for schools, festivals, conferences, community organizations, and media teams looking for poetry, education, civic storytelling, and public performance.
Bookable Work
Choose the right format.
School workshops
Curriculum-connected sessions for K-12 students focused on identity, metaphor, sensory writing, future self, community, revision, and performance.
School residencies
Multi-day programs that build trust, writing practice, revision, rehearsal, and a culminating poetry cafe or showcase.
Keynote speaking
Talks for educators, conferences, assemblies, and leadership spaces on failure, student voice, identity, belonging, and arts in education.
Performances
Spoken word sets for festivals, civic gatherings, school assemblies, conferences, galas, and community events.
Consulting
Curriculum development, arts strategy, youth empowerment program design, equity-informed facilitation, and community engagement support.
Custom projects
Commissioned poems, hosted events, interdisciplinary collaborations, and public engagement work built around a specific audience or moment.
Audience Fit
Built for classrooms, stages, and civic rooms.
The work shifts format by audience, but the core remains consistent: language, presence, identity, critical thinking, and the courage to speak with clarity.
- K-12 classrooms and school assemblies
- Teacher professional development and education conferences
- Festivals, community events, and civic ceremonies
- Non-profit, arts, equity, and youth-serving organizations
What to include in a request
Event type, date, city, venue, audience size, grade level or audience context, goals, format, and budget range if available.
Public booking uses email and the booking page. Private phone contact stays restricted to invoices, contracts, private drafts, and internal documents.
Speaking Topics
Common keynote and session themes.
The Pedagogy of Failure
resilience, revision, risk, and learning through what does not work the first time
Poetry as Critical Thinking Engine
arts education as a practical tool for language, reasoning, and reflection
From Refugee to Poet Laureate
immigration, belonging, identity, and the public power of story
Student Voice
helping young people claim language without performing someone else’s version of confidence
Equity in Action
creative practice, institutional responsibility, and community engagement
Custom Topics
tailored talks connected to a school, conference, festival, or organization theme
Next Step
Start with the goal, then choose the format.
If you are unsure whether you need a workshop, performance, residency, or keynote, send the audience and outcome. The format can be shaped around the room.