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Please support Auntie's Bookstore by using this link to find books by festival authors. The writing of humor trains one to communicate very specific ideas in very particular ways. In order for a premise, concept or joke to land, your audience has to be in on it. So, the writing must be concise. A poetry practitioner innately understands this because both humor writing and poems use many similar techniques to reach the payoff. Both are required to use as few of words as possible to reach the intended result. Both crafts rely on tension and tension-building and the release of tension. Both rely on a rhythmic structure, element of surprise, and feature impactful imagery that leaves an impression. In this workshop we will study various (humorous) poems that feature these elements and more. We will use prompts to jettison our own humorous writing and poems. We will gain clearer understanding of how word choice and word play, rhythm, tension, element of surprise, tone, voice, persona, premise and punchline/closing image can enliven our poems and deliver unforgettable wit and humor to our writing.
