CRW 3311.003 Fall 2023 Tombasco

Marianne Moore once described poetry as "imaginary gardens with real toads in them," perhaps, gesturing towards how the poet leans into their imaginative power in an attempt to relay material realities. This course will discover the toolbox of writing poetry as a contemporary American poet. We will focus on subject matter, image, figurative language, forms, the poetic line, and developing a style/accessing your voice in poetry, among other aspects. We will read exemplary contemporary poems and discuss them on a craft level. Additionally, each student will compose their own poems to be workshopped by the class on assigned dates.