Mindful Poetry Virtual Gathering (Free)

Mindful Poetry Moments, a collaboration incubated by The On Being Project and now supported by The Well and partners The Hive, The Mercantile Library, and WordPlay, offers a chance to pause and reflect on poetry’s ability to encounter ourselves, the world, and the mystery of each other.

We've built a beautiful community over the last several years so for 22/23, we will invite members of our Mindful Poetry community to share a poem and a prompt for us. The format is simple. We meditate, consider a single poem, receive a prompt and write, then share.

This session's poems are "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson and "We are of a tribe" by Alberto Rios, selected and presented by Katie Rouse and Emily Little, with meditation by Stacy Sims.

Come with a pen, paper, and an open heart. And keep in mind that this is a family-friendly offering. Please arrive on time. We will hold a 10-minute grace period, if you arrive later than that time, we apologize but you won't be able to get in. we create a very intentional beginning experience for our guests. If you miss it, we will share the recorded session and have more events to join.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvcOqrrT8vGdHecU4Uzc08kNmY8uF7PA4M

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Katie Rouse (she/her) is a marketing manager, copywriter, and author of the poetry collection, Psalms of Deconstruction. She mostly posts on Instagram, @katie.rose.rouse, writing on faith, doubt, and deconstruction. She also loves sending out weekly poetry to email subscribers, occasionally writing blog posts at katierousewrites.com, and is working on her first memoir, on deconstructing her faith while serving as a missionary in India.

Emily Little is a mother, activist, and nurse who loves untangling the beauty and tragedy of the world around her through writing poetry. Her heart was raised in Maine and now she is growing in Charlottesville with her three kids, one husband and one cat.

Stacy Sims is a mind-body educator and author. In addition to founding the programs of The Well, Sims is a novelist, playwright, and children's books author. She has produced multiple theatrical works as part of her social practice of gathering stories out of community engagement.