CRW 4320 Fall 2018 Gardner

The purpose of this course is to enhance the student's skills in writing and revising their own poetry. To this end, we will read and analyze a selection of poems by important contemporary poets. We will review and refine those skills in grammar and style that are essential to clear, successful writing, and we will write and critique poems of our own in a traditional workshop situation. Students will be required to pass a mid-semester elements test and put together a final portfolio, consisting of their best work of the semester.