CRW 3311 - Spring 2026 - Miya

I think about all the poetry I’ve ever read since middle school: Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, Basho, Allan Ginsberg, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Maya Angelou, and of course, William Shakespeare. While these inescapable, noteworthy poets have inspired us to be on the track we are now, it’s imperative to study living poets not only as a means of reflecting on the important issues of today (climate change, war, politics, identity, mental health), but as a means of finding our own voices during our time we are able to spend writing. This course introduces you to a number of diverse, notable, award-winning poets still writing, publishing, and speaking today. While “Letters to a Young Poet” by Rilke serves as our important encouragement from the past, we will focus on the voices and art of today.