Christine Bissonnette is an exceptionally engaging teacher of embodied poetry. With 4-6 students usually, Christine leads small group sessions that wander through poetry material, questions, exploratory answers, discussions, and also breath work to create a state of mind that is well-prepared to write!

A 15-minute window seems impossible to create a whole poem but these sessions really show how possible it is to make something meaningful in this amount of time. Practicing these good warmup habits has helped me carry on my own writing practice with much fulfillment, for sure.

To close out each session, participants read and listen to each other’s writings (which is always opt-in), and then head into Zoom breakout rooms for 10 minutes to share feedback. I always left the weekly sessions feeling that I have gained something inexplicable and, at the same time, entirely useful, forever.

I highly recommend this 8-week workshop series for anyone interested in experiencing their own poetic expression.