The Poem Workshop

Write a poem based on a reading of poem. The poem can be about hearing the words, a specific word or sound of a word, about sound in general, or about listening. Just make sure sound is a strong part of the poem.

Write a poem that indirectly deals with something from your past that isn’t in the first person and isn’t narrative. This way you can focus on the effects of the event, without falling into the “trap of what happened.”