Heya, welcome to The Forever Workshop. First time? Read this. Back again? Here’s what we’ve got for you today:
A workshop for:
Poets who want to learn a variety of ways to craft an effective, meaningful (and sometimes unexpected) poetic ‘turn’.
Your instructor:
Kelly Grace Thomas — poet, writer, educator, and founder of The Poetry Coach
Takeaways:
Understand how an effective poetic turn creates movement, tension, and depth
Identify different types of turns in published poems and your own work
Practice crafting intentional turns with practical prompts and revision strategies
Strengthen your poetic craft by using turns to add nuance, surprise, and deeper emotional resonance
By the end of this workshop, you'll have a draft poem built around an intentional poetic turn and feel confident in applying a range of turn techniques to your writing
The Importance of a Poetic Turn
The poetic turn — often called the volta — is the moment a poem shifts direction, deepens, or reveals something unexpected. It’s the hinge that moves a poem from simply describing an experience to transforming it.
A poetic turn reshapes how a reader understands a poem. It introduces a shift that expands meaning, often creating one (or more) of three primary effects:
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