Workshop 6: Conscious Love: Better than any Fairy Tale Part of Exploring Our Values Through Poetry In This Section Introduction From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry With my poems, I finally won even my mother. The longest wooing of my life. Marge Piercy Today's workshop is about romantic love.... Workshop-at-a-Glance From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry ACTIVITY MINUTES Opening 5 Activity 1: Fairy Tale Love 30 Activity 2: Being Yourself in Love 20 Faith in Action: Poetry Pajama Party Closing 5 Alternate... Spiritual Preparation From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry The activities in this workshop look at romantic love. Love poems are common and popular. Do you have a favorite love poem?... Opening From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and matches Description of Activity Use the Opening designed by your group or the one provided... Activity 1: Fairy Tale Love From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Art supplies, including drawing paper, pencils, markers, colored pencils, and other materials Newsprint... Activity 2: Being Yourself In Love From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, A Rumi Poem Preparation for Activity Photocopy Handout 1, A Rumi Poem, one for each... Closing From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice Singing the Living Tradition Description of Activity Use the Closing designed by your group or t... Leader Reflection and Planning From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry With your co-leader, discuss which activities were successful and which ones were less so.... Faith In Action: Poetry Pajama Party From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry Materials for Activity Books of children's poetry Arts and crafts materials Blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, and/or bean bag chairs Congregational... Alternate Activity 1: Lyrics As Poetry From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Index cards and pens Newsprint or a dry erase board and markers Preparation for Activity Optional: Prep... Alternate Activity 2: Perfect And Imperfect Love From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, "To a Young Girl," by William Butler Yeats Handout 3, ".05," by Ishmael Reed Journals and pe... Taking It Home: Conscious Love: Better than any Fairy Tale From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry With my poems, I finally won even my mother. The longest wooing of my life. Marge Piercy DURING TODAY'S SESSION...... Handout 1: A Rumi Poem From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry Jalalud’din Rumi (!3th Century), translated by Kulliyat-e Shams, from Rumi's Divan of Shems of Tabriz: Selected Odes (Element Classics of World... Handout 2: Celebration From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry This poem is written in dialect. I will bring you a whole person and you will bring me a whole person and we will have us twice as much of love and... Handout 2: To A Young Girl William Butler Yeats From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry My dear, my dear, I know More than another What makes your heart beat so; Not even your own mother Can know it as I know, Who broke my heart for her Whe... Handout 3: Five Cents From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry Excerpted from Chattanooga by Ishmael Reed (New York: Random House, 1973).... Find Out More From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry Jalalud'din Rumi is the oldest poet represented in this program. You can find a … of Rumi at the website, Poet Seers. The British Broadcasting... PREVIOUS: Find Out More UP: Exploring Our Values Through Poetry NEXT: Introduction Download all of Exploring Our Values Through Poetry (Word) (PDF) to edit or print.