CRW 4320 Spring 2020 Hamby

The focus of this class will be discovering and developing your own distinctive poetic voice. We will look at many examples of contemporary poets and read essays about various aspects of voice including imagery, line and verse, metaphor and simile, subject, music, point of view, syntax, leaping, and duende. We will also explore forms, including the sonnet, the list poem, and the ode. The emphasis will be in discovering which poetic techniques work best with your voice.

You will be writing a lot in this class: a new poem every week and after you receive my comments a revision of each poem. You will also write a response to the readings for each class. The final project of the class will be the revisions of your six best poems.