

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry as a Coping Tool
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: In Celebration of National Poetry Month in April, join us for a workshop with spoken word artist and page poet Kelsey Bigelow. Kelsey will walk us through methods for writing poetry as a coping tool for managing our mental health through life’s heaviness.  From free writing and responding to prompts to observing your situation and trying a poetic form, poetry can help you process and manage your emotions.

Registration is encouraged: https://urbandale.librarycalendar.com/event/poetry-coping-tool
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/urbandale/poetry-as-a-coping-tool/200029827342149
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, health-wellness, mental-health, spoken-word
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://urbandale.librarycalendar.com/event/poetry-coping-tool?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=urbandale-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Urbandale
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 3520 86th St, Urbandale, IA, United States, Iowa 50322
- **lat**: 41.62669
- **long**: -93.73879
- **full address**: 3520 86th St, Urbandale, IA, United States, Iowa 50322

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Urbandale Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/urbandale-public-library/12899681)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 3520 86th St, Urbandale, IA, United States, Iowa 50322
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Urbandale Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, workshops, health-wellness, mental-health, spoken-word
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Poetry as a Coping Tool ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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