Poetic Justice: Justice, Inspiration Hope

For the third event in our Joyshop series, Poetic Justice, engAGE partnered with the Montreal poetry collective Récitelles: Maëlle Thelismond, Nerly Michel & Florence Marcelin. RécitElles engaged 22 participants in an in-person, interactive, bilingual, intergenerational poetry listening and writing workshop centred on the themes of justice, inspiration and hope. Drawing upon their Haitian heritage and incorporating elements of African rhythms, Caribbean history and poetry, the three poet-facilitators shared their writings and artistic approaches and supported attendees in creating their own poems. This Joyshop demonstrated how poetry can help to develop and maintain  a rich internal life as we age over time.