This workshop will help emergent and exper ienced poets rethink the basics of writing poetry\, making the act more wo rkable for those struggling with a certain piece or with creating poetry i n general. The workshop is aimed at helping poets to stop overthinking the ir processes and doubting the substance and worth of their work. The goal is for each participant to emerge from the experience with tools they can use to improve their overall confidence when writing poetry.
\nA mee ting link will be emailed to registered participants approximately one hou r prior to the start of the program. Staff will be available for help with connecting to Zoom and technical issues beginning 15 minutes prior to the program. You will need a device with audio and/or video and an internet c onnection to join. If you have questions about this program\, please conta ct Laurie Kincer at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch at 216-382-4880.&nbs p\;
\nMichelle R. Smith is a poet\, blogger\, educa tor\, and cultural facilitator in Twinsburg\, OH. She is currently the pro gramming associate at Literary Cleveland\, a writer-in-residence at the Cl eveland School of the Arts\, a teacher-writer for Lake Erie Ink\, and an a djunct composition instructor at Kent State University at Stark and Cuyaho ga Community College Western Campus. She is the author of the poetry colle ctions \;Ariel in Black \;(2015) and \;The Vagina Analogues \;(2020). \;Michelle has been published in poe memoirstory\; Meridians: feminism\, race\, transnationalism\ ; My Soul to His Spirit: Soulful Expressions from Black Daughters to T heir Fathers\; Guide to Kulchur Creative Journal\; The N ormal School\; and Gasconade Review.
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