We’ve all driven down the highway on a long trip only to reach our destination wondering how we got there. In this workshop, we’ll explore contemporary poems that shift focus, leaving us disoriented and shaken awake in the end. We’ll pay attention to the moments that push these poems in new directions and how their endings satisfy our expectations. Based on our readings, we’ll write our own poems with the help of writing exercises. Writers will be encouraged to share their work for feedback.
Shifty Subjects and Unexpected Endings: Online Poetry Workshop
Angela Voras-Hills lives with her family in Milwaukee, WI. Her first book, Louder Birds (Pleiades 2020), was chosen by Traci Brimhall for the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize. Other work has appeared in Kenyon Review Online, Best New Poets, Hayden's Ferry Review, Memorious, and New Ohio Review, among other journals and anthologies. She has received grants from The Sustainable Arts Foundation and Key West Literary Seminar, as well as a fellowship at Writers' Room of Boston.
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