Writing Poetry

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the art and craft of writing poetry. Emphasis is on the student's own work; however, students will also be required to study the works, writing processes, critical commentary on, and oral delivery of established poets, male and female, traditional and nontraditional, ancient and modern, and from diverse cultures. Students will keep a writer's journal, respond critically to the works of other students, and create and revise a chapbook of 8-10 finished poems (12-20) pages by the end of the semester. Students will present selected poems from the chapbook at a public reading. Repeatable for up to 6 total credits.