Poetry as Power: Using Your Voice Before the World Gives You Permission

Join Dr. Maurice "Moeflowz" Brown, Richmond's Poet Laureate, for an evening workshop on finding and using your voice through poetry. Dr. Brown will help you explore how to express yourself honestly and purposefully, touching on the emotional and personal topics that poetry helps us process—grief, love, anger, culture, and identity. You'll discover how to develop your voice even while you're still figuring things out, and you'll learn about the differences between spoken word poetry and written verse. Dr. Brown brings real expertise to this work; he founded Ink & Barrel, Inc., which focuses on empowerment through poetry, and he also teaches mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University. This program is geared toward high school teens and adults. Registration is required to attend, and the event will be held online with a registration link sent to you by email. Please note that while seats are currently full, a waiting list is available. For questions, contact Kimberly Bridges, the Adult Services Programming Librarian, at Kbridges@henricolibrary.org or (804) 501-1929.