English 435/5535,

Advanced Creative Writing:  Poetry

Robert Stewart, New Letters & English dept.

We have an opportunity to spend the semester reading great poems and writing them, discussing poetry as craft and as a means of transcendence.  This is an advanced poetry workshop that includes intensive reading of contemporary poetry, with the aim that each student will create a portfolio of publishable poems; the course includes readings in modern and contemporary poetry, discussions of the creative process, intense work on language and craft, and individual consultations.  The focus of the course will vary to address a variety of topics such as metaphor and closure; imitation and the line; form and voice.  May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: For Undergraduates Restrictions: English 315 or equivalent.