In this world of Yes – a spiritual poetry circle

Title of Course: “In this world of Yes” – a spiritual poetry circle

Facilitator: Jason Rodney

Email: jasonrodney@gmail.com Phone: (216) 403-2740

Class Time: Thursdays 7:30-9pm

Class Dates: June 25 – Aug 6

Place: Mac Plymouth United Church (1658 Lincoln Ave St Paul), Rex Knowles Room (basement)

Wheelchair access: come through the West Doors and take the elevator on the left down one floor.

Course description: “There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” –Rumi

This will be an informal space to bring poems from your favorite writers (including yourself) and share with a group of fellow poetry lovers. Singing, lovemaking, meditation through imagery, seeing pain through new eyes, confronting oppression with liberation – help build a temporary community for radical spiritual reflection. Spirituality can mean whatever you wish it to; any belief, emotion, or experience that you feel, that moves us, that gives meaning to our movement. Poetry is also loosely defined (words not necessary).

Class size: 1-20

What experience do you bring to this class? Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, Billy Collins, e.e. cummings, Emily Dickinson, Gabriel Miller, Gabriela Mistral, Hafiz, Jane Keynon, Kahlil Gibran, Kim Hauenstein, Lalla, Mary Oliver, Maya Angelou, Meg Barnhouse, Pablo Neruda, Prometheus Brown, Rabindranath Tagore, Rainer Maria Rilke, Robert Frost, Rumi, Thich Nhat Hanh, Vanessa German, William Carlos Williams, Wu Men, yosy … these are my experience. and the universe’s everymoment winking.