Workshops

The object of each new session will consist of a
variety of discussions, topics, and exercises to
encourage, apply, and enjoy the experience of
brainstorming ideas, concepts and enhance your poetry delivery. Participants will discover helpful hints to unlock “writers block.”  Kimberly will teach you about voice reflection,  tone, style, and how to read your audience. Maybe you have a fear of speaking in front of crowds or maybe you just want  to improve your delivery. Visual objects and Magazine articles may be used as tools for this exciting, fun, and inventive workshop. This is a great networking workshop to exchange ideas of how to motivate yourself and others to achieve a goal. Enjoy Laughter, Latte, and Repartee.   Leave your audience wanting more.... 

The object of each new session will be to complete a poem that includes one theme, idea, or emotion in which each your fellow poets contribute one word. All participants will share in an exciting “round robin” brainstorming game titled, Building the Poetic Foundation. This will be highly entertaining and a splendid way to meet new and interesting people. Each time
this workshop is taught the participant will experience and discover something new and different about themselves, their fellow poets, and humanity. This workshop teaches individuals what it means to accomplish a task while working in a team environment, to achieve a united goal, and appreciate the fruits of their labor. Those using the “Out of the Box” thinking skill will add to the playfulness of this workshop. Buckle up and hold on tight for an unpredictable and wild ride of wordplay! 

The object of each new session will be to explore the fascinating interaction of two of our senses. Sight and Sound connect with word play, nature, spirituality, and music to form riveting poetry. This moving and breathtaking workshop takes sensory information and partners that with our personal words to create a beautifully written and spoken poetic art form, thus capturing the intensity of our sight and sound experience.
Those who are nature lovers, visual artists, and
musicians will greatly enjoy this workshop! 

The object of each new session will be to explore the tantalizing interaction of 3 of our senses. Touch, taste, and smell connect with word play, nature, food, and sensuality. Participants will learn how to intertwine these 3 senses to create wanton passionate poetry. (This workshop will contain suggestive themes and provocative word play of an erotic nature.) For those of
you who have seen, read, or heard and thoroughly enjoyed Kimberly's performance of her famous poems: “The Violin And The Bow,”  “Honey,”  “From a Woman,” and the increasingly popular “Breath of Life,” then this workshop is definitely for you!   **Workshop may involve tasting Chocolate and/or other foods. **Warning! Blushing may occur.

The object of each new session is to understand who you are as an individual, and how that individuality is the foundation of your poetry. This workshop nudges you to explore what
inspires you to create poetry in a certain style.  This workshop is a strong arm to lift your self-esteem, celebrate your spirituality, and embrace your culture. Kimberly welcomes you to find the hidden beauty of yourself and let your light shine! Excellent workshop for all who want to celebrate and embrace diversity: People of color organizations, LGBT organizations, women’s organizations, religious organizations, and
churches, etc. 

The object of each new session is to identify the positive and negative power of wordplay. Life events and circumstances birth emotions and reactions that trigger a verbal and written response from a poet. This is a highly
educational and inspirational workshop that opens up society’s mind and looks inside her politics, passions, and gender roles by using the  insightful persuasive power of poetry to explore these important, complex, and controversial issues. Participants of this class will learn
how to explore/change/embrace their world view by cultivating poetry as an amazing teaching tool of artistic expression. Your pen is your voice, use it! Magazine articles and newspaper clippings may be used as educational tools for this workshop. Philosophers, Educators, Activists and Homemakers, this class is for you, let your voice be heard throughout the Land Of The Free And The Home Of The Brave!!