The Shaking Legs Poetry Club
About the Poetry Club
The idea for the 'Shaking Legs Poetry Club' was birthed from much enthusiasm from members of our walk and talk therapy group. I have run a poetry club before in Australia with young people in the mental health service 'Headspace' so it was with much joy that we discovered that outside of walking many people have found reading and writing poetry to be a space for peace, reflection, and energy in their lives. In conversation around what it was that poetry meant to people, there was the idea that poetry manages to capture things in our everyday lives that can often go unnoticed. It can turn black and white days into vivid memories filled with colour. As one founding poetry club member, the published poet Hanna Buklieieva, born in Ukraine and now residing in Chile wrote in a poetic response to the conversation:
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My legs have been shaking,
And eyes start to spark,
The process of making,
Brings light after dark.
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Hence the name for our group "The Shaking Legs Poetry Club"!
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As a narrative therapist and lover of poetry reading and writing my hope for this group is to create a 'circle of security' where creativity can be fostered and the very real stories of our lives nurtured and linked together through this poetic endeavour. I am hoping it will also lead to many other community centred projects as run by the members themselves.
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If you are curious about the link between narrative therapy and poetry therapy (also known as bibliotherapy), you can read more about it here in this recent article by Mariana Casale "Bibliotherapy as Narrative PracticeReader Empowerment Through Re-Authoring Conversations"
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Four Sessions in Spring
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There will be four sessions of the Shaking Legs Poetry Club held ONLINE over spring and while the themes are linked, each session stands alone so you can join one, any or all. They will take place on the following dates:
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Session 1: 10am Sunday 12 October 2025
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Session 2: 10am Sunday 19 October 2025
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Session 3: 10am Sunday 26 October 2025
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Session 4: 10am Sunday 2 November 2025
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Cost: 5,000CLP per session or 15,000CLP for four sessions. Please write to me if this is not within your budget.
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Program​
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