what a year in poetry.
READ WRITING HOOD began years ago as a small Sunday writing gathering in my flat in Munich with pen, paper, and presence.
It went quiet for a some years, until two years ago in Mexico, I felt the call to bring it back this time as a micro poetry writing group, until last December, I brought it to Lisbon, where we’ve gathered six times, with a full house. Somehow, word finds its way to those who seek it.
This year, it even traveled to Cairo. 🥹🌹
As we close 2025, I reflect on these past five years in DEEP transformation for humanity. It’s important for us to write and to immortalize that which has lived through us, and to share it, no matter the ‘experience’. This is that safe space, to enliven a glimpse of it, just for a moment.
This is a time for the power of written word come to life.
For poetry to be witnessed in a message which another is ready to hear.
Read Writing Hood was a quiet secret, held in speakeasy’s or secret living rooms and club houses. I rarely posted about it - it’s time now.
I’m happy to finally open this space here, so you can find & join us, maybe share a piece, collaborate with, or host us.
For those who have been with us, THANK YOU,
& for those who are joining, WELCOME. 🌹
Here’s to more themes, more tenderness,
& more humanity in 2026.
The best is yet to come. 📍:
@wheelhouse.lisboa
✍🏽:
@annamouchref
🎥 :
@lucazuza
🎞️ :
@rooyhakim 
