Sometimes poetry is regarded as one of the more “serious” arts, and people can forget how much play is involved in the craft. In this workshop, we’ll embrace playfulness by reading some samples of other writers who are exuberant, audacious, and downright silly on the page! We’ll pay attention to word choices, sound, line delineation, form, content, punctuation, and tone to evoke the joy and play on our own pages. After going over samples, we’ll take time to write our own playful poems. If there’s time at the end, we'll go around and share what we wrote (sharing is encouraged but not required).