Right now there is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words.
- Sean Thomas Dougherty
This workshop is for anyone who wants a vessel to put down their pain in.
A safe space for ALL your feelings.
Writing community has never been more important.
Now more than ever, it's important to love each other. Write poems that are prayers for strangers.
How to find joy in darker times (August-September 2025):
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Now more than ever it is critical to have an outlet for our grief, our rage. To draw glimmers of light from the darkest nooks. Care for ourselves. Channel our fears & hopes into art. As part of my writing community, I'm offering this workshop series in August & September 2025. We will compose poems & stories that are protests, prayers, chants. That help us tell our stories. Sing even in darker times. Join via the monthly or quarterly auto-recurring booking options.
August 3, 10, 17, 24. September 7, 14. Timing: 10 am EST to 12 pm EST, which is 2 pm to 4 pm UK time, and 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm pm IST.
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Toni Morrison believes NOW is the time artists get to work. Audre Lorde says, poetry is not a luxury. It's a lifeboat. A life-jacket you wear on a choppy sea. Years ago— I wrote in my diary: I refuse to breathe as a footnote in someone else’s history. No one gets to rewrite MY story. Why does this matter? Because every time you write with truth about the complexities of your identity, even your broken parts: you say—I am here. I belong. I refuse to be erased. And if not now, when? You don't deserve to be a footnote in someone else's history. You deserve to OWN your story.
August and September 2025. August 3, 10, 17, 24. September 7, 14. Timing: 10 am EST to 12 pm EST, which is 2 pm to 4 pm UK time, and 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm IST.
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You’ll learn to use: Poetry as revolution. As protest. Poetry as spell-casting. As fire. Poetry as a tool to speak BACK to everyone who’s abused their power. Poetry as prayer. Poetry as a song of the marginalised. An unfinished love letter. Poetry as hunger for justice. Poetry as food. As your body unspooling on the page. Poetry as dance. Poetry as fighting the good fight.
August and September 2025. August 3, 10, 17, 24. September 7, 14. Timing: 10 am EST to 12 pm EST, which is 2 pm to 4 pm UK time, and 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm IST.
Workshop Takeaways:
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through your creative writing. Speak truth to power. Fight for a better tomorrow. Your voice is your greatest gift. Tell your story now.
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guided writing prompts, craft resources + readings. An exclusive app designed to support your growth as a writer. A library of 50 + three hour long previous workshop replays. Publication opportunities. A 24/7 chat support group for anything that comes up for you.
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Write 6-7 poems/prose pieces you can be proud of. Explore words written by bell hooks, Audre Lorde, Ross Gay, Joy Harjo, June Jordan, & more. Re-map your body on the page. Discover the magic of somatic or body-based writing.
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Find a beautiful community of writers who will inspire & cheer you all the way. Exchange detailed notes on the process of writing, editing, publishing. Be part of accountability groups that’ll help you hone your craft. Deepen your creative practice.
Everyone here speaks about how kind EVERY writer in this community is. No matter which genre you write in, no matter where you’re in your writing journey: your words will be received with care & thoughtful feedback.
This workshop is for you if:
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1. You’re heartbroken or angry at what’s going on in our world.
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2. You wake up asking: What’s my role as an artist right now? As a citizen? And how do the two intersect?
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3. If you’re tired of looking at your phone, scanning for the next news of the day.
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4. If you’re looking for a nervous system reset through creative writing. If you want to explore the bond between your grief & your breath.
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5. Write the small miracles of your day. How like a wildflower, you too can flower from the mouth of loss. For isn’t that too a form of resistance? A love?
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6. Want to write to your grief like she is your child. Or your mother. To not other the ache. To mother it.
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7. Plant a flower in the holy fire of your grief. Combine creative writing + body-focused movements + yoga.
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8. If you’re tired. Angry. Grieving. Longing to feel again. Looking to free parts of yourself that are frozen.
Kind Words from Workshop Members:
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It's clear Trivarna puts her heart and soul into this community. She offers encouragement and validation to every participant, whether they are reading a poem out loud, sharing their draft work, or offering their insights and reactions to the example poems.
- Karin Hedetniemi, Poet & Essayist
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Excellent. Trivarna creates such a safe, nurturing space to grow and learn and develop. I felt very supported by her and the group both. It felt like a place to rest and from that place of rest to be able to explore - and that is the very definition of feeling absolutely safe. Additionally, she is extremely knowledgeable, so she has very much to share by way of resources, readings, prompts, feedback, etc. Her gentle spirit is a gift.
- Hilary Bilbury, Poet & Visual Artist
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I would highly recommend this workshop. Trivarna creates a warm open environment in which to share thoughts and ideas, but also prompts you to dig deeper, and guides you in exploring your own experiences to create emotional resonance. She doesn't just tell, she shows.
- Jenny Wong, Poet & Essayist
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It made me so happy to hear people read out their poems, and then, to see Trivarna, hang on every word, repeat them, send them into the universe, like prayers. To share your writing here is to have a meal, by a river, on a tree, the warmth of caring is felt no matter what. Gratitude and goodwill flow through this group. I will always be grateful for this space.
- Akriti Goel, Writer & Teacher
