"ANNIE Is The Teacher Many of Us Yearn For . . ."
Annie Finch has shared her deep expertise on poetry across the US and abroad. Her teachings speak to poets, poetry lovers, and seekers of the wider wisdom the mysteries of poetry can offer.
Venues where Annie has taught include: Poets House, Himalayan Writing Retreat, London Poetry School, University of California at Berkeley, Harvard University, Notre Dame University, University of Delhi, Oxford University, Toronto University.
what poets, poetry-lovers, and seekers are saying . . .
“Thank you so much for such a beautiful mind and spirit-expanding experience. I will carry the tools you have given me in my chest of magic moving forward.”
—Maria Garcia Teusch, author of The Swans of Berlin (Brooklyn Poets)
“These classes are so intense and rewarding . . .Your teaching is blowing my mind. . . . working this way allows me to grow inside.”
—Richelle Slota, author of Letters to My Dead Name (Meter Spiral workshop)
“Annie embodies the poet-priestess lineage of Enheduenna. . .We experienced the rhythms of language in the body, and allowed words to arise and flow into those rhythms. To do so is a radical act.”
—Garuda Love (San Francisco workshop)
“An amazing class! I felt like I came in off the side of the road and onto “the path.””
—Sapphire, author of Precious and The Kid
“Annie is a poem-whisperer.”
—Wilderness Sarchild, author of Old Women Talking
“Annie Finch taught me to discover the music in my own body. . . I have never encountered again anyone so unflinchingly passionate about the art of poetry and so dedicated to its potential. My confidence on the page and my
continuing joy in the possibilities of the written line can be traced to the moment I found Annie Finch and said “Teach me to listen.”
— Patricia Smith, author of Blood Dazzler, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winner
“Annie is the teacher that many of us yearn for, and some are lucky enough to work with. There is such a need for her earth and heart based teachings.”
—Student (Casting the Spells of Your Life Retreat)
“Annie Finch’s class was a complete revelation!”
—Poet (London Poetry School)
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