Poetry Series-The Multiverse of Self: Embracing Our Infinite Identities

The Multiverse of Self: Embracing Our Infinite Identities is a 6-week virtual poetry workshop series that dives into the many dimensions of who we are—past, present, and future. Through guided prompts, group discussions, and intentional reflection, we’ll create poems that explore our origins, celebrate our present, and imagine who we could become.

Each week is designed to help you embrace your multiverse through community and creativity, while holding space for discovery, growth, and writing from every version of yourself.

Class Syllabus

Week One: The Multiverse of Self: Origins & Beginnings Jan 22

• Go from wondering about your origins to seeing them on the page, creating a poem that captures and celebrates your many beginnings.

Week Two: The Multiverse of Self: Your Present Reality Jan 29

• It’s easy to get caught up in routine but it’s time to start feeling grounded in the present, in this session we will read & creating poems that give new meaning to your daily life.

Week Three: The Multiverse of Self: The Ifs, Buts, and Maybes Feb 5

• Curious about your unchosen paths? We will explore the versions of ourselves that could have been.

Week Four: The Multiverse of Self: Crafting Self with Borrowed Forms Feb 12

• Go from searching for ways to be heard to finding unexpected self-expression, creating writing that makes you feel both seen and creatively recharged.

Week Five: The Multiverse of Self: Future Casting Feb 19

• Uncertainty about the future is valid, but there is comfort in facing that knowledge by with the courage to imagine who you’ll become.

Week Six: The Multiverse of Self: What We’ve Lost Feb 26

• In this workshop, you’ll move from feeling isolated in loss to finding solidarity and voice, with poems that capture both absence and resilience.

About the Instructor

is a Black queer poet and teaching artist, nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize. She was a 2024 Collaborating Fellow who now serves as the Curriculum Coordinator at The Poetry Lab, and she’s performed across the U.S. with the Respect Da Mic and Art Amok slam teams. Her debut collection, Falling in Love with Picking Myself Up (2015), led to a national tour and helped grow her presence as a poet.

In June 2024, Talicha released her chapbook, Taking Back the Body, which won the Beyond the Veil Press chapbook contest. Alongside her work, she curates writing and editing sprints, leads online generative workshops, and hosts a monthly publication submission space. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming with Plenitude, Fahmidan, Peach Fuzz, Lucky Jefferson, Just Femme and Dandy, Button Poetry, and more.

Testimonials

Talicha's Multiverse of Self workshop that centered on loss was deeply moving; it brought out threads of grief work that I hadn't yet put into words, with the most beautifully selected poems and prompts. It felt just right, in terms of timing and seeding of ideas, to get me writing. - Emily

I love attending Talicha's workshops. There's a sense of community in her spaces that feels comfortable, safe, and supportive. I've been to 2 workshops and I found them thoughtful, powerful, and profound. I've been introduced to many poems and poets I've never read before. Would highly recommend writing in this space! - Cara

Whether it’s sprints, a workshop, or a conversation about writing and business, I am always better for having spent time learning from and with Talicha. She puts so much heart and work into everything she offers, and her energy is so uplifting and invigorating. You need to be in her spaces, hear her words, and experience her teaching! - Priscilla

Host or Publisher Talicha J.