The Writing of Poetry
This course provides extensive practice in both the reading and the writing of poetry.
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the critical skills necessary for discussing, analyzing and formulating arguments about poetry, and will produce a portfolio of original poems.
This course provides extensive practice in both the reading and the writing of poetry.
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the critical skills necessary for discussing, analyzing and formulating arguments about poetry, and will produce a portfolio of original poems.
Artistic Knowledge and Experience
¿Basic¿ Poetry: An Experimental Workshop:
Poetry is a craft that requires reading, exploration, practice, and sharing. Each week we read a unique work of contemporary poetry, mostly by POC and queer writers, to form a framework for discussion about vulnerable points of view and innovative forms. From there, students are encouraged to find their own process, form, and voice. In our sessions, we experiment with language together to discover and foster creativity and delight by creating work both as a group and on our own. The course also includes prompts for writing in between sessions and presentations of student poetry for review by the full group or small groups. Finally, students spend several weeks compiling and reviewing their own final collections of poetry for a self-published chapbook and give a reading of their work at the end of the semester.
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