Offerings for Community Building
Spring Tonic Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesJoin us for a Spring Tonic Poetry Share with Poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins on Saturday April 16, 1:30 - 3:00pm. We will welcome in spring with the auditory tonic of listening to one another read poetry while sipping ephemeral teas. We are sharing poetry inspired by spring – this can be your own work or Read More
Summer Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesJoin Arianna Alexsandra Collins, SDWG admin and business owner of Offerings for Community Building, for a summertime poetry share on Saturday, August 13, 1:30-3:00pm at the Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield. We will circle up, share summertime themed poems - this can be your own work or favorite work by others -Â and sip sun-tea! Read More
Fall Harvest Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesJoin us on Saturday, October 1, from 1:30-3:00pm for a Fall Harvest Poetry Share. We will circle up and share autumn-themed poems at Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield, MA. This can be your own work or favorite work by others. Weather permitting, we will be outside under a tent. Refreshments will be provided. (Arianna, your Read More
Comes the Dark Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesCome share winter and darkness-themed poems. This can be your own work or favorite poems by others. Herbal brews and treats will be provided. Held in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room in Ashfield, MA. (Main Street/Rt 116) on Saturday, January 21, from 1:30-3:00pm. Registration requested. Call 413-628-4414 or email bmlashfield@gmail.com. Facilitated by Poet Arianna Read More
March Madness Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesMarch Madness Poetry Share Wednesday, March 29, 6:30-8pm Hares are getting frisky. Owls are hooting up a storm. Humans are getting stuck in the mud. Meanwhile there is poetry to be shared! Join writer and poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building for an evening of speaking your truth through poetry. The goblet Read More
One Hot Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesIt's so darn hot that even the poetry is sizzling! On Wednesday, August 16 from 6:30 - 8:00pm, join writer and poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building for an evening of speaking your truth through poetry. August's Poetry Share challenge is to find and read your poems that illustrate summer, hot weather, Read More
A Spooky Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesJoin writer and poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building for an evening of speaking your truth through poetry. October's Poetry Share challenge is to find and read your poems that illustrate what you consider spooky or scary, from critters to creatures to the state of our world. (And you don't have any Read More
Comfort Food Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesGrab your comfy blanket and join writer and poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building for a "Comfort Food" Poetry Share on Saturday, January 20th from 1:30-3pm. January's Poetry Share challenge is to find and read your poems that are carbohydrate rich, warming, uplifting, full of compassion and understanding, and/or consoling. (And you Read More
March Madness Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesWhy are March Hares mad? To ponder this and other questions about life and Spring, join writer and poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building for an evening of speaking your truth through poetry. This March Madness challenge we toast to our frisky, cabin-fever, crazed, momentary-lapses-of-reason, mad-world poems. (And you don't have any, Read More
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Lovin’ Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United States"Summer lovin' happened so fast," sang the Firefly. "And so the drama ensues," teased Puck. Come, sit for a spell. Drink the fairies' sweet wine, let the tales spin and tangle, and share poems of dream lovers, night weavers, fantastical moments, and stands for the pursuit of freedom and happiness. And if you don't have Read More
A Transformational Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesSometimes you battle your demons on the page. But monsters and mayhem can transform with pen and paper or keystroke and screen. You have the power to turn your villains into wise counsel or a hero's dream. Find examples of your poems to read that have turned from woeful to joyful, from fearful to hopeful, Read More