In this poetry writing workshop, you'll get out of your own head as you explore the persona poem. A persona poem is written from the first-person perspective of an assumed voice—a "mask" or character—that is not the poet, allowing the writer to explore experiences and emotions outside their own, often taking the form of dramatic monologues, letters, or journal entries from historical figures, inanimate objects, animals, or fictional beings.

Participants will look at a few well-known and less known examples, and then spend some time writing their own!

Kathleen Kraft is a published poet and a yoga therapist. Her poems have appeared in Five Points, Gargoyle, Sugar House Review, and many other journals as well as the anthology What They Bring: The Poetry of Migration and Immigration. She is the author of the chapbook Fairview Road (Finishing Line Press), and has received three Pushcart nominations.

Space is limited. Registration is required.

To sign up, call 413-684-6112 or email dalton@cwmars.org.