How Poetry Workshop Began
“It all started when I was a little girl..”
Wisteria was declared the youngest poet in the Lehigh Valley, in 1993, at the age of 8 at Seattle Espresso Cafe on Hamilton street. Here, she met her mentor, Armando Passé, coined “The Walking Street Poet”. They soon began an after school poetry club at Jefferson Elementary, where their friendship continued.
8 years later, she received a call while in high school, that Armando had passed away from cancer. She and her father immediately arranged a Poetry Workshop, in his honor, with his girlfriend, Amy, and many fellow poets.
As an adult, in 2016, Wisteria began hosting a Poetry Workshop of her own at Coffeehouse Without Limits in Allentown in his honor. To this day, seven years later, Poetry Without Limits is being hosted on Wednesdays.
Join Us
We gather around the fire with notebooks, instruments, and potluck snacks, to write on the prompts chosen the class before, together. Indoors, weather depending. After sharing our piece, it is reread from another voice, and then feedback is given. Since my first Poetry Workshop, we have never deviated from this unique and all inclusive style to host the class. Come experience Poetry Without Limits for yourself!
This Week’s
Poetry Prompts:
The prompts for the next class, March 22 at 6p, will be to write a limerick or a ballad about: “Fear”
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