Art is everywhere and you can create a poem or story from just about anything. Have you ever written a poem from a list? Have you ever used your senses in your writing? Have you ever stared at the pictures on the wall and wondered what they meant to you? Have you tried to tell your life story in just a few words? Tanya will show how to use simple shopping lists to create poetry; how to compose poems using your six senses; how to look at the pictures on the wall and turn them into poetry, and how to reduce down your thoughts into a 45 word poem, even a 6 word poem!

TANYA KO HONG (고현혜) an internationally published poet, translator, and cultural curator who champions bilingual poetry and poets. She is the author of five books, including The War Still Within (KYSO Flash Press, 2019). Tanya’s work has won the Dritëro Agolli award, at the International Korçare Poetry Festival, Yun Doon-ju Korean-American Literature Award, and Ko Won’s 10th Literary Award.
      Weaving together two cultures, Tanya’s poetry gives voice to multiple generations of Korean and Korean-American women. Her poems have been translated into Albanian, Bosnian, Korean, Japanese, and Spanish. Find her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and at http://www.tanyakohong.com