CRW 3311 Spring 2022 kt

CRW 3311 is for aspiring poets and critics. Students need not have a robust background in reading or writing poetry – rather a healthy curiosity is highly encouraged. This course studies both the formal and technical elements of poetry with some student practice in writing poetry. Students will learn various poetic forms and techniques – their complex histories, how to architect them perfectly, how to smash them into smithereens, how to know when to do both and why. Through reading, listening to, discussing, writing, pondering, revising, and performing poetic forms and techniques over the course of a semester, students will come to possess the composition tools necessary to continue writing in the poetic tradition, with the hopes of producing a selection of their own publishable poetry to augment our literary canon.