The Persona Poem: Writing Poems in the Voice of Historic, Mythic, and Fictional Figures
Monday, March 31, and April 7, 2025
The highly utilized strategy of a voice speaking the poem who is not the poet him or herself has produced poems of great vitality throughout the centuries. In this workshop, you will experiment with temporarily assuming the identity of a person from history, a character from your favorite novel, play, movie, or myth, and then writing a poem in that person’s voice and from his or her perspective.