<strong>Interested in cultivating your inner poet? Join us for <a href="https://interintellect.com/series/poems-for-our-time/">Poems for Our Time</a> where we'll slow down, explore contemporary poetry, and connect with our creativity. Hosted by writer, workshop facilitator, and meditation teacher, <a href="https://twitter.com/GraceBialecki">Grace Bialecki</a>.</strong>

Poetry is a place of solace, a place of mystery, a place where we can delve deeper into life’s questions and return with unexpected answers. In our scattered world, reading poetry together is a way of connecting with our shared humanity. It’s a way of slowing the pace of our lives, so we can pay attention to new words and ideas.
<p class="p1">How can we convey joy with words on the page? Some poems take us to unexpected places, and we’ll look at the way “<a href="https://poets.org/poem/pegasus">At Pegasus</a>” by Terrance Hayes brings a nightclub to life.</p>
By exploring contemporary American poetry together, we’ll come away with an understanding of our poetic zeitgeist, as well as tools for bringing poetry into our daily lives. Hosted by writer, workshop facilitator, and meditation teacher, Grace Bialecki. For more of her work, visit her <a href="https://www.graciebialecki.com/">website</a> or find her on <a href="https://twitter.com/gracebialecki">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@grace.the.poet">TikTok</a>.
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<h4><strong>Recommended Readings:</strong></h4>
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://poets.org/poem/pegasus">At Pegasus</a> by Terrance Hayes</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/american-journal">American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time</a> compiled by Tracy K Smith</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.slowdownshow.org/">The Slowdown Podcast</a> hosted by Major Jackson</li>
 	<li><a href="https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/">Poetry Unbound Podcast</a> hosted by Pádraig Ó Tuama</li>
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