SIX OR SEVEN STRUCTURES FOR SOUND

Alliteration, assonance, rhyme, slant rhyme, echoing sounds…often the sound of words, not necessarily the meaning behind them, can provide an engine for a poem, tossing up echoing sounds ahead of us as we think toward the next thought. Other times, with no other way out, listening toward a certain sound can provide a way to find the ending of a poem, to reach a surprising conclusion. In this workshop, we will discuss six or seven structures for the use of sound in poems, each one a distinct shape, a different logic, a different hope, an ever-unfolding magic.

Join Jeff Hardin in his upcoming workshop. This session will be suitable for all levels of writers.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Jeff Hardin is the author of eight collections of poetry, most recently Coming into an Inheritance, Watermark, and A Clearing Space in the Middle of Being. His work has received the Nicholas Roerich Prize, The Donald Justice Prize, and the X. J. Kennedy Prize. The Hudson Review, The Southern Review, Image, Swing, Bennington Review, The Laurel Review, and Southern Poetry Review have published his poems. A ninth collection, A Right Devotion, is forthcoming. He teaches at Columbia State Community College in Columbia, TN.

MEETING INFORMATION

This program will be presented at our upcoming PST meeting, to be held February 14, 2026, from 2:00-4:00 pm Eastern / 1:00-3:00 pm Central via Zoom. Members will be provided a link a few days prior. If you are interested in learning more about PST, check out our website. If you’d like to attend our meeting as a guest, contact us at poetrytennessee@gmail.com.