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What happens when you have a million things to say but can’t decide what to write about a subject or event that’s important to you? This generative poetry workshop will use analytical writing techniques to tap in to your creative side.
What happens when you have a million things to say but can’t decide what to write about a subject or event that’s important to you? This generative poetry workshop will use analytical writing techniques to tap in to your creative side. Notice/Focus helps the writer create a close-up, personal account of a major issue. The level of specificity helps the poem avoid the vague or rushed feeling of summary. The poem itself acts as an extended metaphor: a symbol of a larger event.
This workshop is presented in partnership with the Indiana Writers Center. Check out other writing workshops at library branches this season!
Instructor Mitchell L. H. Douglas is a poet, visual artist, and cofounder of Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest. His fourth poetry collection Universal Corner was published by Persea Books in 2026.
Get ready for this writing workshop with some book lists about writing and poetry:
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Class/Workshop |
TAGS: | Writing Workshops for Adults | Writing Skills | Writing | Adults | #Adult |
The 22,000 square foot Fort Ben Branch provides easy access to Library services and collections due to its location in a high-traffic community with access to public transportation. It includes community meeting spaces and study rooms, beautiful landscaping components, and walk-up, bike-up, and drive-up material return locations. Its roof-top solar photovoltaic system will provides 80% of the building's electricity needs. The Library was envisioned as part of a redevelopment plan since the land was decommissioned and transitioned from the U.S. military to the City of Indianapolis in the 1990s.
The Branch is the first library branch in the state of Indiana to become a Certified Autism Center™ by receiving an international autism accreditation through the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES).