What poetic voice would a tiger have? What would your own mirror have to say to you? How would a grain of sand recog nize the universe? Questions like these will drive us as we dive into this persona-based workshop\, writing from the voices of animals and objects t o discover the power of voice in poetry. We'll read notable persona-based poems as a group before launching into our own experiments.
\nThis i s one of eleven poetry events occurring at the first annual Inland Northwe st Poetry Salon on June 1st.
\nThis first-annual\, day-long event at the Liberty Park Library (402 S. Pittsburg Street) will feature panels\, poetry workshops and a bevy of local writers. The Inland NW Poetry Salon c elebrates the craft of poetry\, spotlights regional poets\, and welcomes p articipants in all phases of their writing lives.
\nAbout the presen ter: Mark L. Anderson lives and writes in Spokane\, Washington. He co-foun ded the popular Broken Mic poetry open mic and has traveled across the Uni ted States performing at open mics\, poetry slams\, taverns\, coffee shops \, and libraries. He has received a GAP award from Washington Artist Trust and was named the inaugural Ken Warfel Fellow by Bellingham's Poetrynight in 2012. From 2017 to 2019 he served as Spokane's poet laureate. His firs t book of poems\, Scarecrow Oracle\, was published by Korrektiv Press in 2 022.
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