The National Association for Poetry Therapy Presents
An NAPT Cornucopia: A Savory Exploration of Food in Poetry!
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Workshop Description:
Both food and poetry help us to savor the moments of our lives that can so easily slip by unnoticed. They are bites that touch our senses and our hearts. Join NAPT for a virtual event exploring these connections on Saturday, November 22 on Zoom, 1-3pm PST / 4-6pm EST. Upon registration for the event, you will receive a packet of 28 poems that explore food, eating, cooking, hunger, memory, relationships, (in)justice, and the connections in between. Each poem is accompanied by one or more prompts to serve as inspiration for your own writing.
You will be invited to digest the packet however you like. You can use chopsticks, a fork and knife, or dive in and get buffalo sauce under your fingernails. You can read and respond from beginning to end or scroll through and pause sporadically. You can take, leave, or modify the prompts as you are called. In other words, it’s an all-you-can-eat potluck. When we come together in our virtual space, we will share, feast, toast, and savor. We will have time to marinate in discussions of the collected poems and soak up pre-written participant responses like lady fingers in rum.
Ashley Schaaf (she/her), MA, APCC is a poet and expressive arts (EXA) therapist based in San Francisco, CA. She is also an adjunct instructor in the Master’s in Counseling Psychology program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is currently training to become a Certified Poetry Therapist under the supervision/mentorship of Dr. Barbara Bethea. As a therapist, she is influenced by EXA, psychodynamic, Buddhist, and liberation psychologies. Ashley currently provides intensive case management and psychotherapy services to folks with severe mental illnesses, substance use challenges, and current or historic involvement with the criminal legal system. She is passionate about prison abolition and dedicated to amplifying the voices of those who have historically been silenced. She serves as the Education Chair on the NAPT board.
Date: November 22, 2025
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm (EST)
Venue: Zoom
Host: Ashley Schaaf ashley@poetrytherapy.org
Registration: https://poetrytherapy.org/event-6431603
Members — $0 Non-Members — $10
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THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR POETRY THERAPY PRESENTS
VIRTUAL OPEN MIC NIGHT
"Poems as Personal Archives"
With Featured Poet:
Gina Ferrara, MFA
Gina Ferrara has five poetry collections: Ethereal Avalanche (Trembling Pillow Press, 2009), Amber Porch Light (Word Tech 2013), Fitting the Sixth Finger: Poems Inspired by the Paintings of Marc Chagall (Kelsay Books 2017), Weight of the Ripened (Dos Madres Press, 2020), an Eyelands Poetry Prize Finalist, and Amiss, also published by Dos Madres Press in 2023. Her work has appeared in numerous journals including Callaloo, The Poetry Ireland Review Tar River and The Southern Review and was nominated for a Best of the Net and a Pushcart in 2024. In 2025, she was appointed Poet Laureate of Louisiana. Since 2007, she has curated The Poetry Buffet, a monthly reading series in New Orleans. She lives near Bayou St. John with her husband, Jonathan Kline, and their bulldog.
All participants are invited to bring one poem to share!
Date: January 18, 2026
Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm (EST)
Host: Jenna Robinson jenna@poetrytherapy.org
Registration: https://poetrytherapy.org/event-6421363
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