Angelo Geter

Angelo is a poet and performance artist also known in the spoken word world as "EyeAmBic." He is a National Poetry Slam champion, Rustbelt Regional Poetry Slam finalist, Southern Fried Regional Poetry Slam finalist, and a 2019 All-America City winner. He has performed at venues and competitions across the country, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Watering Hole, an organization dedicated to holding spaces for poets of color in the oral and written traditions of poetry. He also works as the Director of Campus Programming at Winthrop University, and he is the poet laureate of Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Workshop description.

Sticks & Stones: Turning Grief Into Verse

The saying "sticks & stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" is a phrase that has been used for countless years to illustrate the idea that words don't hurt. However,  we all know that words have a large impact. The key is how we use them, particularly when it comes to grief and loss.

This workshop will explore how poetry can transform our relationship with grief by using elegies, language and imagery to relinquish pain, give power and honor our losses.