Events & News (08/26/23)
Grow your pearl
The Saturday Spark
Tell us: What’s the most precious pearl you’ve grown in response to trauma?
LESS THAN THREE WEEKS!
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer coming to The Raft!
WHAT: "All the Honey: The Poems Behind the Poems"
Poems are often in dialogue with other poems. In this 90-minute reading in conversation with Raft host Phyllis Cole-Dai, Rosemerry will share some of the poems that have inspired her, paired with her own poems from All the Honey, her 13th collection of poetry. She’ll also offer prompts for attendees to do their own writing later.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 6:30-8:00PM Central (7:30-9PM ET, 5:30-7PM MT, 4:30-6PM PT)
YOUR INVESTMENT: $15 (scholarships available—contact Phyllis)
DISCOUNT: Use your Rafter discount code at checkout to get 15% off. (Forgot the code? Contact Phyllis.)
THIS ZOOM EVENT WILL BE RECORDED
ATTENTION, DEEP DIVERS!
Be sure to register for our “Rafter Refuge”!
September 5, 6:30-8:00PM Central (7:30 ET, 5:30 MT, 4:30 PT)
As we approach the close of “Poems, Prayers, & Promises,” please register for our final sharing time on Zoom. We’ll reflect together on our experience of this Deep Dive. Please bring something brief to contribute to the free-flowing gathering, such as . . .
“shimmering words” from a poem that especially resonated with you
an insight that broke into your awareness
an excerpt from something you wrote
a promise you made to yourself that you want to speak aloud . . .
☀️ Registration is required for this celebration.
A FEW DAYS LEFT:
August “Show & Share”
“Show & Share” is a fun online gallery of creative projects (finished or in progress) done by you and your fellow Rafters.
Our August “Show & Share” will run through August at this link. What creative work would you like to share? (Define “creative” any way you’d like.)
If we reach our goal of 20 creatives who post, we’ll have a random drawing among them for a door prize.
In case you missed it . . .
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Next week on The Raft . . .
Creatives’ Coffee (Zoom, Wednesday, 4:00-5:30PM Central). A casual conversation group for Rafters who like to “make stuff,” whether for fun or as a profession. Need companionship and support? Creative inspiration? Cross-fertilization of ideas? You’ll find oodles of all this and more at the Coffee. Hop on the Zoom at this link. Can’t make it? Watch for the video replay in this newsletter.
Poetry Pick-Me-Up (Zoom, Thursday, 12-1PM Central). A casual weekly gathering for poetry-sharing, celebration, and discussion. Hop on the Zoom at this link. Bring a poem you like to read to the group. Or, just come to listen to poems offered by other Rafters and to participate in informal but wholehearted conversation. Can’t make it? Watch for the video replay in this newsletter!
Grateful, grateful!
My heartfelt thanks to these folks for their recent gifts in support of The Raft: Amy Adams, Deedee Buettner, Julie Roehm, Nancy Scherlong, and Marie Tesch.
Whew! That's all for now. Stay well. Stay witty. Stay tuned into your true spot and create from your radiant, beautiful self.
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It’s just so true that “the crack is where the light gets in”….one long ago major “trauma” opened my heart so wide…& it has stayed open. Grateful ❤️
Thank you for the link to spirit❤️