The Writer's Life | Lectures and Workshops by Śivani Howe

So, welcome back friends of the channel. I'm here to give you an exciting update on a great opportunity on verse community for you to start practicing poetry and finding your own voice. Uh I'm here with Shiovani how who will be leading an introduction to poetry uh to poetry writing in December on verse community. And before we jump into it, let me just introduce uh Shiovani.

Shiovani How is a poet and a teacher obsessed with eco poetry and spiritual poetics uh good food and trees. She is the author of the poetry collection this is written in the stars which gained number one hot new release in poetry on Amazon in 2024. She's studying for her mers in poetry at Pacific Oregon University and has been featured in the poetry lighthouse too. Upon learning that anthologies and IH press their enduring voices for quarter three of 2025, she resides with her family in the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, and believes that reconnecting and coming into right relationship with land spirit is the fastest way to heal the human heart.

Well, it's so great to see you, Shiovani. Thanks for for coming on and doing this video with us. >> Thanks for having me. I'm really excited to be here.

>> Well, we're well, we are really excited to have you teaching on verse um in December. You know, one of the things one of the things that you and I have been discussing is how um in the study of poetry in the academy, there's really two sides. There's the academic study of poetry which is so much interested in the the criticism and the the analysis and the explaining and then there's the the MFA side uh which is interested in the the participation of the creative process. Right.

And there's doesn't seem to be much dialogue between the two is there? >> Not really except for when people like you and I get together. >> Exactly. >> And it's so much fun.

That's kind of the exciting thing I think that that we're doing on verse is many of the lectures and the courses that I teach there >> um are all about the study, the academic study, the analysis, understanding how poetry works. Um but what's really exciting about what we're doing here in December and hopefully in the future >> um ...