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Corvus Magazine prints Tara Dorabji's "Reformed Mama Players"

12/13/2012

Tara Dorabji

YAY! Tara Dorabji, the inspiration behind 14 Black Poppies monthly reading series The Bloom, had her piece, "Reformed Mama Players" printed in the latest issue of Corvus Magazine. "Reformed Mama Players" was the first piece she read during our inaugural season this past summer.

Tara has been a long time supporter of 14 Black Poppies. Not only did she inspire The Bloom, she also facilitated an excellent workshop titled "Haiku You". She is also a multi-talented writer, radio host, and educator.

You can learn more about Tara Dorabji on her website www.dorabji.com. And you can catch her performing TONIGHT at The Bloom: Passing Midnight at Progressive Grounds Mission (2301 Bryant St, SF). Doors open at 7pm, and it is donation-based.

THE BLOOM: PASSING MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT, December 13
7pm
Progressive Grounds
2301 Bryant St, SF

A reading series of Bay Area writers reading works (loosely) inspired by a theme. This month, the theme is Passing Midnight and features:

Jarett Kobek
Kirsten Anderson-Menger
Tara Dorabji
Noel Fagerhaugh
Julia Mendel

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Haiku You with Tara Dorabji

3/19/2012

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The Haiku You Crew with poet/writer Tara Dorabji (third from left).

by Jason Wyman

On Friday, February 24, 14 Black Poppies hosted Haiku You with poet, writer, activist, and journalist Tara Dorabji. The workshop, held at The Happiness Institute in San Francisco, brought a diverse, intergenerational group together to create beautiful, poignant haikus.

The workshop walked participants through a variety of sensory perception exercises that empowered participants to tap into their inner wisdom and discover aspects of life that are often overlooked such as the sense of smell and its power to recall memories. Additionally, participants brought personally meaningful natural objects with which to inspire observations and personal reflection. All in all, the workshop helped participants tap into their creative core.

At the end of the workshop, participants wrote their final haikus on origami paper and presented them to the entire group. Through listening to others' haikus, participants found both mirror and window moments where either their own perspectives were reflected in others' haikus or they discovered a new perspective previously hidden behind closed curtains.

ABOUT TARA DORABJI
Tara Dorabji is a San Francisco-based writer, movement maker, arts educator, mother and radio journalist. Her rants, articles, poems and stories have been published in journals, blogs and anthologies including Las Girlfriends, Chinquapin, Midwifery Today and Project Censored's Blog (http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/kashmir-the-untold-story-of-indian-occupation/). As a writer, she focuses on the stories waiting to be told. Her ambitions include: crafting the written word to serve as a container for human emotion, going right for the jugular and letting the truth tell itself.

AND...PLEASE JOIN US for our next 14 Black Poppies Workshop, RESURRECTING DESTINY, where we use recycled materials, sculpture, destruction, and critical response to imagine and re-imagine personal destinies. It is on SAT, April 21 from 10am to 12:30pm in San Francisco. For more information, including registration, please email Jason Wyman.

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