IACCW Member Event
Discover the Poet in You with Jay Ramsay
1st April 2010
A poem is like a butterfly. A moment seeds itself inside us. A memory.
An experience when we saw, we felt, perhaps even, we knew.
It touches something deep in us. Deeper than words. And something begins, in that inner space. Something that is uniquely ours to speak of.
There is a poet in all of us. However unknown or neglected that part of us may be, it is there, often just waiting for the right conditions to present itself.
Whether you write - or want to write - poetry, fiction or non-fiction, discovering the poet in you is like revealing the hidden treasure which will nourish your creative soul.
Writing poetry is also a powerful catalyst with the potential for inner healing and personal growth. By the end of this inspiring interview you will understand how:
- poetry is not just literature, it is a whole way of being, a whole way of relating to life
- poetry's home is in the expression of the values that make our lives worthwhile
- poetry doesn't just take place on the page, it is all around us in the living air
- so called amateur poets are sometimes more relevant than professional ones
- to be conscious of moments during the day when you experience poetry and apply that state of being to whatever your current writing project is
Jay Ramsay is the author of over 30 books most recently Out of Time: Selected Poems 1998-2008 (PS Avalon), Places of Truth (Awen), and The Poet in You (O Books). Co-founder of the Angels of Fire poetry collective in London in 1983, he has performed his work in public for many years. Jay was poet-in-residence at St James’ Church, Piccadilly, London (2005-6) and is currently the poetry editor of Caduceus magazine, the project director of the Chrysalis two part correspondence course and co-founder of The Lotus Foundation in North London, a small healing and arts centre. Jay is also a practising UKCP accredited psychosynthesis psychotherapist and NFSH spiritual healer, offering one-to-one sessions in Stroud and London, and runs workshops in Europe and America. For more information visit www.lotusfoundation.org.uk/jayramsay
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