Barbara Ligeti leads a meditation to settle in. Howard Kern provides prompts designed for self discovery. Diverse and inventive. The group writes in real time in 10 minute increments and the we all read aloud. What happens at ShiftPoetry(tm) stays at ShiftPoetry(tm) and the environment is safe and warm. No writing background necessary. We view poetry as "writing without rules" from freeform to formal. After we read the group acknowledges and thanks the reader and the reader generally has a great "release". No critique. Just support. But - if you are a writer this work will inform your professional side. Otherwise we strive to write ourselves happy, healthy and whole. To improve our lives "one stanza at a time". It's deep and it's fun. And there are breaks and refreshents and after the workshop there is a mechanism to further engage.