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: 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. We encourage you to try this group poem exercise within your communities to inspire connection, empathy, and understanding. References
Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (Lillington: Edwards Brothers Inc., 2012), 147. Want to engage in similar creative writing exercises with the Untold team?