Lesson 1: Poetry as a Portal—Activating Your Creative Fire

Reflection: Creativity is not something we “find.” It is something we fuel. Our attention is the key. Poetry can be a portal, a key to unlocking parts of yourself that have been dormant or closed-off too long. This lesson is about opening that door, and breathing embers into fire.

Guided Writing Prompt: If your creative fire could speak to you, what would it say? Write as if your creativity is a living presence, whispering or shouting its desires to you after being ignored or sidelined.

Example Opening Line:
I have been waiting _____in the quiet corners of your ribs___, and in the _____untapped wells of your palms. Will you let me in?____What do you need to feel safe and let me dance through you again?____