Honing Your Poetic Voice

Workshop Description

In this workshop, we will explore the idea of the poetic voice. Not only will we analyze and develop the voice of the primary speaker of the poem, but also voices through personae, historical voices, cultural voices, and even voices through the lens of pop culture. We'll read and discuss examples, workshop poems, and put the techniques into practice. We'll also be analyzing techniques gleaned from fiction and plays to incorporate dialogue into poems. Finally, we'll work on a few performance aspects of your poetry -- sonic sensibilities, reading techniques, and "editing by ear." We'll be listening to recordings of poets reading their work and learning what to do (and what not to do) from their delivery.

Workshop Details

Spring 2024 - IN PROGRESS
Six sessions with Chad Frame on Zoom
Wednesday nights from 8:00 to 9:30 P.M. (ET)

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Workshop Facilitator

Chad Frame is the author of of Little Black Book, nominated for the Lambda Literary Award, and Smoking Shelter, winner of the Moonstone Chapbook Contest. He is the Director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program, a Poet Laureate Emeritus of Montgomery County, PA, a founding member of the No River Twice poetry/improv performance troupe, and the founder of the Caesura Poetry Festival. His work appears in Rattle, Strange Horizons, Pedestal, Barrelhouse, Rust+Moth, on iTunes from the Library of Congress, and is archived on the moon with The Lunar Codex. Chad has taught poetry and prose workshops at Rosemont College, Arcadia University, In the Company of Laureates, the Caesura Poetry Festival, the Philadelphia Writers' Conference, Main Line School Nights, the Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County, and many more venues.

Comments

“I have been writing poetry for only the past few years and do not feel as experienced as most of the fellow worshop attendees. But I gained more confidence as a result of having completed the exercises and receiving favorable feedback on my best ones. This helped immensely.”

Chad was awesome facilitator. I especially loved that he offered something unique: practice in reading and recording. Furthermore, his prompts were creative and inspiring and went beyond theme. Rather, the prompts were more geared towards "voice" and "tone" as in "write a poem with a tragicomic tone". He always provided us with examples of the same.

I thoroughly enjoyed Chad's workshop. It was a unique aspect of poetry that I hadn't been exposed to before. The group dynamic was wonderful and Chad's facilitation and feedback were both enriching and motivational.

Questions: editors@riverheronreview.com

Discount: RHR Discount does not apply to this workshop.

Refunds: Up to one week prior to the workshop start date, full refund minus $15 processing fee. After that time, there are no refunds.

Workshop sessions are not recorded, nor are there make up sessions.