As we rush through our days, the urge to center ourselves in something deep and sustaining intensifies. Writing poetry not only serves this urge but shares many similarities to traditional spiritual paths: focus on presence, deep listening, sincere truth telling and the surrender to something beyond ourselves. This one-week, four-session course lives up to its name—intensive! In each three-hour session, we will explore poetic tools and themes with three unique writing prompts. As always, we will welcome the unexpected into our work, and we’ll read and write to our hearts’ content. All experience levels and styles welcome. This class is discounted through the Anonymous Fund of the Marin Community Foundation.