YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION
Join award-winning poet Kelly Grace Thomas for a three-hour generative workshop where we’ll examine how the right title sets a poem up for success. In this workshop, we will examine how titles (and epigraphs) can do the heavy lifting to work multiple levels, inform every stanza, tighten arguments, and provide a container for tension, revelation, and economy. We will read and discuss poems by Ruth Awad, Jenny Qi, Patrica Smith, and more.
In this workshop, participants will:
Write titles so strong readers will return to them after the poem is over
Reframe thinking about the importance of a title
Gain confidence in building context before the first stanza
Learn how using metaphor as title can act as a vehicle for commentary
Apply a five-step exercise to create strong titles quickly and efficiently