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Narrative Leadership Lab - Poetry Writing (Virtual - Session #2)

About the Opportunity

The CNP Narrative Leadership Institute is a program where we train individuals on various aspects of storytelling to advance social change. These trainings are organized into “labs.” These Leadership Lab workshops will be a place for folks, at all levels, to play and explore aspects of creative writing.

Workshop Topics

Session 1: Persona Poems - If You Could Be Anyone For a Day

Have you ever imagined what it must be like to live someone else’s life? Would you be able to say things you  feel you can’t say in your space in the world? What would be different about your life if you were that person – or animal, or thing? (Like a jaguar? Or a shoe?) How would your life be better – or worse? What issues would  you be concerned about? Would they be different than the issues you’re concerned about now? When you write a persona poem, you take on the life or circumstances of someone or something else in the world and write from their perspective. In this class we’ll read some persona poems, talk about what we like or don’t like about them, and work on writing some persona poems of our own.  

Session 2: Lusting for Lists

There’s probably a billion ways for us to write ourselves into the world; one of them is to burrow into familiar  forms and mess with them from the inside out. And what’s more familiar, more mundane than the list? How  many types of lists are there – the To Do List? Shopping List? List of Pros & Cons? Bucket List? In this workshop we’re going to spend some time reading amazing list poems by some amazing poets and then with the help of suggestive writing prompts write some list poems of our own.

Responsibilities

  1. Attend two workshops: August 12th and 19th from 12pm-2pm ET

  2. Serve as an ambassador for CNP

  3. May be asked to contribute to The Reckoning

Apply by Sunday, July 23, 2023

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