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Strategies in Poetry: Tone and Attitude

By Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta
1 Session
June 27, 2026
10AM to 12NN
2F Comuna bldg, 238 Pablo Ocampo Sr. Ext, Makati City, 1203, Metro Manila

Tone can change everything. The same line changes its impact depending on delivery—surprised, disappointed, sarcastic, and flirty—can we do the same with poetry? Poet Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta explores tone as a key strategy to shape a poem’s emotional register. Play with your lines and discover your attitude in poetry through varying tones of irony, sincerity, ambiguity, and understatement in the first of the Strategies in Poetry series.

This class may be taken at PHP 1500.

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Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta

Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta is an award-winning Filipino poet, editor, and writer. Her work has received First Prize at the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature and Best Book of Poetry in English at the Philippine National Book Awards. She is the author of the novel Assembling Alice, published by Penguin Southeast Asia. She has also represented the Philippines in major literary festivals around the world.
Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta

By the end of this session, you will...

Identify how tone and attitude function within a poem

Experiment with rewriting poems in different emotional registers

Apply tonal strategies to strengthen their own poetry

This class is for…

  • Writers who want to deepen their understanding of tone
  • Beginners looking to move beyond simply expressing feelings on the page
  • Poets seeking new approaches to revision and voice

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Strategies in Poetry: Tone and Attitude

Tone can change everything. The same line changes its impact depending on delivery—surprised, disappointed, sarcastic, and flirty—can we do the same with poetry? Poet Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta explores tone as a key strategy to shape a poem’s emotional register. Play with your lines and discover your attitude in poetry through varying tones of irony, sincerity, ambiguity, and understatement in the first of the Strategies in Poetry series.

This class may be taken at PHP 1500.

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