Shutta Crum
Pump Up the Muscle in Your PoemsDo your poems stomp, dance, or burrow like a sliver of glass into the hearts of your readers? Or do they lie like a piece of lace upon the page, hopeful that someone, someday, will come along and admire their delicate nature? Award-winning poet Shutta Crum (four gold & three silver RPLAs) will reveal the secret of how great poems are infused with energy, and how you can enliven yours. A generative workshop in which attendees will come away with the vital knowledge of how to pump-up the muscle in their poems through the use of movement: reversals, metaphor, voice and structure. Handout available.how to pump-up the muscle in their poems through the use of movement: reversals, metaphor, voice and structure. Handout available. That's A Poem? The Crazy World of Poetry TodayWhat's happening in poetry today? Mystified? Not sure? This survey of contemporary poetry by award-winning poet Shutta Crum (4 gold & 3 silver RPLAs) takes a look at performance poetry, 3-d poetry, AI generated poetry, crypto poetry, and many other new and adapted forms. It also explores the underpinnings of poetry in general and what makes poems work or fail. A good introduction for beginning poets, or for those "old hands" wondering what are these new-fangled things folks are calling poems? Handout available.
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More than 140 of Shutta Crum's poems have appeared in literary journals. A Pushcart nominee, she's won seven Royal Palm Literary Awards and was the top choice in Collection #12 Create an Illusion. Her publications include two chapbooks of poetry, 13 picture books (many in verse), three novels and two board books, all published traditionally. She blogs for FWA and writes a column on poetry for the Florida State Poets Association: Of Poets & Poetry. Also, she publishes The Wordsmith's Playground newsletter.