Life throws a lot at us—restlessness, heartbreak, anxiety, or just the quiet ache of being human. Poetry can be a remedy, a way to name what’s happening inside and to make it feel a little lighter. 

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to prescribe poems—yours or others’—for the everyday ailments of being alive. It’s not about being a poet; it’s about finding words that soothe, shake, or surprise you.

• A hands-on experience of prescribing poetry for real-life feelings

• Practice finding poems that resonate with specific moods and moments

• Tools to turn your own emotions into poetic “prescriptions” for yourself or others

• A playful, creative exercise that makes poetry a practical part of everyday life

• You’re curious about poetry but don’t know where to start

• You enjoy games, prompts, and playful creativity to explore emotions

• You like pairing up, sharing, and writing with others in a collaborative setting

• 1 live 2-hour session with Riya Amit Roy

• Examples of William Sieghart’s poetry prescriptions to inspire you

• A “wheel of ailments” activity to guide your poem searches and prescriptions

• Exercises to write your own poetic prescriptions for yourself and a partner

• Tips and prompts to continue prescribing poetry on your own
  
  
  

Workshop Breakdown:

Part 1 — Spot It
Spin the wheel and pick an ailment. See how poetry can respond.

Part 2 — Find It
Hunt for poems that act as prescriptions for that feeling.

Part 3 — Write It
Drop your own ailment and craft a poetic prescription for someone else.

This isn’t a poetry class.
This (obviously) isn’t a pharmacy class.
It’s a way to make both poetry and your emotions more accessible to you. 

$29.99/-

Includes:
✔ Live guided workshop
✔ Prompts to read and write more poems
✔ A trick you can reuse whenever things feel too much