Chapter President: Chris Atkin

801-995-1849
iamchrisatkin@gmail.com

The Utah Poetry Slam chapter host CoraZones once a month on the Saturday before our monthly poetry slam, which is held on the last Monday of the month at the Box (124-130 South 400 West at The Gateway) and occasionally host additional meetings. Follow us on social media at @UtahPoetrySlam for the most updated information. All our CoraZones are held at Under the Umbrella Bookstore (511 W 200 S Suite 120, Salt Lake City, UT 84101). CoraZones is a reading and writing cipher for the Utah Poetry Slam community. Corazón means heart in Spanish. CoraZones fosters a warm, inclusive space for community members to exercise and strengthen their creativity.

Please come prepared with a method of writing, be it a notepad and writing utensil, laptop, cellphone or whatever.

CoraZones usually begin at 2:00 pm. Each CoraZones session will begin with a brief introduction, including chosen pronouns, and an emotional health check-in of participants to gauge the energy people are bringing into the room. After the check-in, the host will lead a reading exercise and discussion to teach a literary technique. After the conversation, participants will have time to generate new writing. Time will be provided at the end of the hour for participants to share their newly created work, as well as share poems they are seeking feedback on.

Read the rules of engagement here.