We in the Master Poetry cohort at Table Rock Writers Workshop refer to ourselves as the Free Nation of Shabazz. Yes, we are a cult -- in the best possible reading of the word. (We even have the shirts to prove it!) Our leader is Phillip Shabazz, poet and teacher extraordinaire. With a group of 10, which is A LOT for a poetry workshop, he led us through a week of fabulous creativity. We free wrote, shared and worked over poems, yapped about "the work" and read to our colleages at Table Rock, all in fine supportive form. It's intense, but fascinating and illuminating and energizing. Also, I am tired, but enriched. If that makes any sense.