ABSTRACT
Finding our voice as a poet is something that happens gradually over time, through the practice of writing. The notion of voice as an author’s distinctive style is actually somewhat misleading; many poets don’t write in just one voice or style, even within a single collection of poems. Voice is something to be discovered rather than imposed, and it is rarely a single entity: some poets argue there are as many voices as there are poems. Every poem is written in a particular voice and from a particular point of view. Many poets naturally gravitate towards writing in the first person. Rewriting a poem to change its point of view is a handy way to demonstrate the pros and cons of each voice. Writing in a voice other than the first person forces us to view the world of our poem from a different angle.
