Enhance your knowledge of structure, imagery, metaphor, and pace
Produce and refine work that challenges you to go further
About this course:
For those with some previous training in poetry, this intermediate workshop focuses on creating work which emphasizes lyrical and innovative language, personal insight and individual voice. In addition, you refine your knowledge of a number of the craft's formal elements, including structure, imagery, metaphor and pace, in order to stretch the boundaries of your creative experience. The goal is to produce work which is ambitious and resonant.
Prerequisites
WRITING X 431.1 Poetry I or comparable workshop experience.
Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required.
This course is held via video teleconference and incorporates additional required asynchronous online instruction and participation on Canvas, a secure website that allows students to log in to access lectures, discussions, and other course materials on demand. Instructors use Zoom to offer live class meetings at the designated class meeting time. Students must be present at the course meeting time as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation.
Please inform your instructor if you will miss a class meeting. You are responsible for any class information you missed. We suggest you arrange with a fellow classmate to share their notes when feasible.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after May 01, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
The Eloquent Poem, 128 Contemporary Poems and Their Making
by Edited by Elise Patschen
Persea Books
ISBN 978-0-89255-500-0
Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl
by Diane Seuss
Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required.
This online course is conducted through Canvas, a secure website that allows students to log in to access lectures, discussions, and other course materials on demand. There are no required class meetings. Each course is structured with weekly assignments and deadlines. Lectures and coursework are accessible throughout the week. Workshops are conducted in writing via discussion boards with your instructor and classmates.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after July 17, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Contact Us
Speak to a student advisor. Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm.
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