Title: Group Poem | Engage Communities through Group Poem
Headings: Engage Communities through Group Poems
Engage Communities through Group Poems
How to Write a Group Poem
Why Write Group Poems
Example Group Poem
What I Carry
Our Results from Hosting Group Poetry Workshops
What Participants Say about the Group Poem Experience
References

Content: This is such a blessing, you know?” An African American woman who had recently migrated to Cincinnati from the Appalachian city of Pittsburgh, shared similar thoughts during an individual interview with me: “ Writing is like therapy for me. It helps me cope. All the things I’ve been feeling in the past year [pause] I can get it down. When I get home, I get out my laptop, listen to beats, and write to it. It kills time, so I know I love it. It helps me from stressing and crying and worrying about money and everything else.” As another Urban Appalachian woman, Cathy explained, “Writing helps me heal and share with others too.” The writers participating in group poetry workshops will likely all come from diverse backgrounds, and although we won’t share a common (indigenous) heritage, our struggles and reflections are powerful when they are connected through the act of composing.