This workshop is for those of you suffering from spiritual poverty and takes its title from Robert Blys epic anti-war poem The Teeth Mother Naked At Last, where he explored the West's choice to destroy rather than create. Writing poetry as social commentators, we will explore Blys concept of feminine consciousness in mythology as 4 manifestations of the Great Mother, and apply these to our lived experience. Writing from the Good Mother, the Death Mother, the Ecstatic Mother or the Teeth Mother, this workshop will guide you to reveal, through your poetry, the forces that silence the feminine and embrace the masculine. We will explore the language of othering, repetition and imagery to write poems of protest and solidarity.
Cost
This workshop is subsidised by Arts Council England. Please choose EITHER a free ticket OR a ticket+donation if you're able to support our Future Fund.
All ticket-holders will receive 1 week's access to the workshop recording.
About the tutor
Julie Easley (she/her) is a widely published working-class poet, activist, intersectional feminist and trans ally. She is a featured poet in wave fifteen of iambapoet.com. Her debut chapbook ‘Not My King’ was recently published by The Black Light Engine Room Press.
