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PoetryAdvanced Poetry WritingF12-P01
“Married to Amazement”: The Life and Works of Poet Mary Oliver.F12-P02
Unpuzzling the Poem: An Introductory Poetry WorkshopF12-P03
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This course is for those who have had experience writing and reading poems and would like to become better writers, more attentive to form and pattern. We will read a wide variety of poems and, after discussing the work of other writers, we will create our own metered, rhymed and free-verse poems based on the models we’ve studied. Each week will be devoted to the study of one specific aspect of poetry (i.e. image, line, syntax, rhyme, meter, etc.). Additionally, we will dedicate time to the practice of revision so that some portion of the course will involve reworking drafts of poems substantially. 
Explore through her biography and the poems themselves why Oliver remains one of the most beloved of our contemporary poets. Learn why her unique spiritual perspective plus her connection to the natural world affect readers so powerfully. Learn also about her prose, prose poems, and lesser-known poems on local history and personal relationships.
If writing is considered a means for communication, why does poetry so often seem cryptic and confusing? In this introductory workshop we will work to dispel the notion of the poem as something to be solved or explained, and instead focus on poetry as a means for exploration. Through discussion and workshop, we will work toward crafting various styles of contemporary poems, rendering the world through sensory experience, metaphor, rhythm, syntax and memory. Students will read one another’s pieces in a safe workshop environment, helping them to improve both their poetic skills as well as their ability to comment effectively on their peers’ work. Discussions will also include essays on various topics. No previous knowledge or experience with poetry necessary.