POETRY OF SILENCE AND VOICE
THREE FREE CLASSES to watch on your own schedule
For writers of all levels who want to learn:
* how to access the sacred
* to break out of old silences
* to enter, through poetry, a realm of music, nuance, and depth.
Three days, three poems:
Each day, we'll study poets such as Rilke, Smith, Hopkins, Bishop, Harjo. You'll explore your own relation to silence and voice, learn new techniques, and be given prompts and time to write your own poems.
SEP 28-OCT 8, 2026
A FREE 3-day teaching and writing experience.
Receive three 30-min videos with teachings, close readings of inspiring poems, meditations, and embodied practices so that you can tap into your own silence and listen to your body. Sign up below to get access and watch on your own schedule starting Sept 28th.
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Taught by two master teachers:
Nadia Colburn, PHD, RYT 200.
Nadia is the author of two award-winning poetry books and her work has been published widely, appearing in The Sun, The New Yorker, The Kenyon Review, slate, Lion’s Roar, Truthout, and elsewhere. She holds a PhD in English from Columbia University and taught at the university level for many years (MIT, Lesley, etc.) before founding the Nadia Colburn Writing School, which brings together the best of literary study, creative writing teachings, mindfulness, embodied practices and social and environmental engagement. Her school has a community of more than 30,000 mindful writers, and Nadia has worked with tens of thousands of students helping them to come into their full creative voice. Nadia is married to Eric Colburn, and they have two young adult children.
Eric Colburn, MFA
After earning a degree from MIT (with a major in literature) and an MFA in poetry writing, Eric taught elementary school in Harlem, then taught English at the high school level for over twenty years. In his time as a teacher, he brought poetry to students of all ages, enlivening and demystifying the form for them. He’s also taught adults, been an environmental activist and been a builder of small off-grid cabins. In the past four years he’s published more than 40 poems in such places as Appalachia, Nimrod, and THINK Journal. Eric is also Nadia’s husband and her first reader and last editor.
3 Free Classes:
Get 10 day access to the series to watch on your own schedule
Day 1 · Sep 28: Poetry of Sacred Silence
Day 2 · Sep 30: Poetry of Difficult Silences
Day 3 · Oct 2: Silence and Voice, Shadow and Light
What some people have said:
"I finally have a way into the book I've been wanting to write for years. I'm so excited."
"This process completely shifted my relationship to my writing and my voice. Thank you, Nadia."
"After this class, I feel ready to really dive into my writing. Thank you!"
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