The Body Electric Poetry Workshop

The Body Electric is a poetry workshop led by Poetry for the Masses in collaboration with non-alcoholic bottle shop Burden of Proof.
About this Event

The Body Electric is a poetry workshop centered on the body as an archive, landscape, companion, and home. Through a series of prompts and creative exercises, participants will be invited to explore the ways our bodies shape how we move through the world—and how the world, in turn, leaves its mark upon us.

Together, we will write into the stories etched beneath our skin: moments of transformation, survival, pleasure, grief, growth, and joy. We will consider the body's many contradictions—its fragility and strength, its limitations and possibilities, its capacity to remember what the mind has forgotten.

Whether writing to celebrate the body, question it, reclaim it, or simply listen to it more closely, participants will be encouraged to approach the page with curiosity rather than judgment. This workshop welcomes writers of all experience levels and offers a supportive space to explore the deeply personal, the universal, and everything in between. Come prepared to write boldly, reflect deeply, and honor the remarkable body that carries your story.

Themes: memory, movement, identity, inheritance, joy, and power

Grab your ticket here and let us know you are coming! Thank you to our creative hub, Burden of Proof for having us, and to YOU for supporting our collective and contributing to the literary arts.

If this is your first time, Poetry for the Masses events are open to all people, as well as artists and creatives of all levels, interests, and disciplines. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us via our Instagram page @pftm.workshop.

About our facilitator:

Alejandra Roggero is a Whittier College graduate and the author of four collections of prose and poetry, including The Town and La Matriarca. She is one of the founders of Poetry for the Masses, a monthly workshop and collective in South Pasadena open to writers of all levels. Her work seeks to soften readers — perhaps even to the point of dissolution. Her forthcoming book, soft serve, is set to be published in 2027. In April 2026, she was selected to serve as the inaugural Poet Laureate for the city of Whittier.

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Alejandra Roggero: @whateverguera

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Burden of Proof: @burdenofproofna