M:BRACE Hugging the Poet Inside of You

Poetry is for everyone - even if you don’t see yourself as a poet.
— M:BRACE: Hugging the Poet Inside of You Participant

Thank you Gayle Danley! Over 70 participants from all across Maryland learned the basics of slam poetry and had the chance to write their thoughts in the form of a slam poem. Thank you Gayle for providing the space for us to share how we’re still standing!

Visit https://www.msdefinearts.org/embrace to register for upcoming sessions. 

Check out a bonus video of Gayle performing a poem on our Youtube channel!


About: Hugging the Poet Inside of You

This empowering session will guide you through Master Poet Gayle Danley's nourishing, fun and instructive process of writing and sharing your own slam poem.

Facilitator: Gayle Danley


AEMS’s Embrace Podcast

Check out the podcast with Gayle Danley from our collaborative partner AEMS!

AEMS’s Embrace Podcast highlights the facilitators from the Embrace series and gives us a chance to learn more about them as humans, as artists, and as fellow members of the shared experience of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Interviews will preview the content of each Embrace session was well as explore the facilitators’ journey as artists, as Marylanders, and as educators. Episodes are available on the AEMS website, on their hosting page on BuzzSprout, on iTunesSpotify, and wherever Podcasts are available.