"ANNIE Is The Teacher THAT Many of Us Yearn For . . ."
Through one-on-one consultations, lectures, and online and IRL workshops and retreats at every level from children to postgraduate students, Annie Finch shares her poetic wisdom and skill across the US and abroad, offering the fruits of her lifetime of expertise to poets, poetry lovers, and those who seek the wisdom that the deepest mysteries of poetry can offer.
Annie’s lifetime of devotion to the secrets of poetic craft brings this often misunderstood, but crucial, are of poetry to life in a way that is truly hard to forget. Under her guidance, meters, rhythms, forms, and all the magical patterns that make poetry unique become living channels of joy and power.
Venues where Annie has taught, lectured, and performed include: London Poetry School, University of California at Berkeley, Harvard University, Notre Dame University, Himalayan Writing Retreat, University of Delhi, Oxford University, University of Toronto.
FROM ANNIE'S STUDENTS . . .
“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, Professor, Princeton University
Garuda Joy, Meters’ Magic Workshop
—Richard Lee, London Poetry School
—Richelle Lee Slota, author of Letters to My Dead Name (Formal Feeling Workshop)
—Sapphire, author of Precious and The Kid
—Maria Garcia Teusch, author of The Swans of Berlin (Brooklyn Poets)
—Monique (Casting the Spells of Your Life Retreat)
