“Playing With Perspective” is a two-hour online poetry workshop for emerging and established poets to practice writing with different perspectives to propel a narrative forward. Sometimes, a poem calls for a particular perspective. Other times, we may struggle in deciding which to take. Through discussions, close-readings, and a series of writing exercises, this workshop will allow you to play with different perspectives and see how they shape your poem. By the end of this workshop, you will leave inspired to explore how choosing to write in either the first-, second-, or third-person (or all) can shape your writing in delightfully unexpected ways.
During this workshop, attendees will participate in a group discussion and relevant close-readings of poems to inspire their own pieces, and receive immediate editorial feedback.