Poetry II

WRITING X 431.2

Refine your knowledge of poetry while expanding your craft techniques in this workshop for writers with previous experience writing poems.

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Hybrid (Remote)
Starting at $720.00
As few as 10 weeks
3.0

What you can learn.

  • Examine lyrical and innovative language in poems
  • Refine your personal poetic voice
  • 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.

Summer 2023 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Wednesday 7:00PM - 8:30PM PT
Available
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Instructor: Miguel Murphy
392269
Fee:
$720.00
Hybrid (Remote)format icon
Location: Remote Classroom
ENROLL BY: Jul 5, 2023
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Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.

This a hybrid (Remote) format course which combines asynchronous online instruction with semi-regular, required live meetings held on Zoom. Please see the course syllabus for specifics. Students must be present at course meeting times as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after July 19, 2023
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
The Eloquent Poem, 128 Contemporary Poems and Their Making by Edited by Elise Patschen
Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl by Diane Seuss
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Discussion
Wed Jul 5, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Jul 12, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Jul 19, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Jul 26, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Aug 2, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Aug 9, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Aug 16, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Aug 23, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Aug 30, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Sep 6, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom

Fall 2023 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Wednesday 7:00PM - 8:30PM PT
Future Offering (Opens July 31, 2023 12:00:00 AM)
See Details
Instructor: Miguel Murphy
393903
Fee:
$720.00
Hybrid (Remote)format icon
Location: Remote Classroom
Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required.

 

Refund Deadline
No refunds after October 18, 2023
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
The Eloquent Poem, 128 Contemporary Poems and Their Making by Edited by Elise Patschen
Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl by Diane Seuss
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Discussion
Wed Oct 4, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Oct 11, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Oct 18, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Oct 25, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Nov 1, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Nov 8, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Nov 15, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Nov 22, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Nov 29, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Wed Dec 6, 2023
7:00PM PT - 8:30PM PT
Remote Classroom

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