The Looking Glass Rock Writers' Conference convenes poets for an intensive workshop led by Evie Shockley, whose work interrogates the intersections of poetics, history, and language. The 2027 Poetry Workshop, titled "(Not) Narrative Poetry," poses a fundamental question: what happens when poets turn away from recounting events and toward observation, ideas, and the materiality of language itself? The workshop will consider how poems might attend deeply to the tangible or sensed world, critically interrogate "the way things are," or investigate how words, syntax, and structures of thought shape perception. For those whose poetics remain grounded in narrative, the workshop will explore what emerges when linearity, motivation, and epiphany are set aside in favor of stories that require the reader to move through space and time without compass or clock. The conference offers a full scholarship covering tuition, room, and board, removing financial barriers for one selected poet. This support reflects the conference's commitment to sustaining serious creative practice and ensuring that poets can engage fully with the workshop's demanding inquiry. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of the submitted manuscript and application materials, with no application fee. The curatorial vision centers on rigorous investigation and craft. Shockley's workshop is designed for poets ready to question their own assumptions about narrative, lyric, and the possibilities of poetic attention. The conference environment encourages sustained conversation among peers and faculty, with the expectation that participants arrive prepared to interrogate their work and the work of others with precision and generosity.