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The only requirement we have is that you come as you are, and let your hair down. Care is given and received through the hands, stories, and voices of the women present.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Poets and artists include: <strong>Tanya Bridgeman, Ines Tola, London Lauderdale, Debbie Shonowo, Sara Aguisoul, Tamilore Rivera, Leah Minto, and Alymat Salam.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Together, we&#8217;ll reflect on:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What our hair looks like, running freely in verses on the way home<\/li>\n<li>The odyssey of the women we were, we are now, and the ones we are becoming<\/li>\n<li>How we won\u2019t be defined by our hair alone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Join us at <strong>The Chapel, Swords Castle<\/strong>, from <strong>6 pm<\/strong> for some poetry and communal reflections as we explore what it means to be a woman who finds home within herself and her community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See you there!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":41532,"template":"","class_list":["post-41531","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Strands of Home with Rough Draft Poetry - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rough Draft Poetry Presents: Strands of Home - an evening exploring hair as home through the lens of a woman.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/strands-of-home-with-rough-draft-poetry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Strands of Home with Rough Draft Poetry - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rough Draft Poetry Presents: Strands of Home &#8211; 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