WR 242 Introduction to Creative Writing
- Poetry, Fall 2009
WR 245 Advanced Creative Writing - Poetry, Fall 2009
Kevin Clark,
The Mind’s Eye:
A Guide to Writing Poetry
R. S. Gwynn and April Lindner
Contemporary American Poetry
American Heritage Dictionary
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Calendar: Please read each of the readings before class for
the date listed and be prepared to express thoughtful opinions. We may
change readings and due dates as needs and interests dictate--listen
for updates at the start of each class.
Date
Clark, The Mind's Eye Reading / Activity
Gwynn Reading
Writing
1
Tu 9/22
/
Introduction to the course
Th 9/24
Introduction
1-6
Ch. 1 Words
That Paint Colors That Speak 7-24
Appendix,
Writing Groups 230-31
Timothy
Murphy 405
Poem1
2
Tu 9/29
Ch.
2 The Lively Image vs. the Deadly Cliché 25-38
/ Discuss
"Local Reading " assignment
Appendix,
Public Readings 231-33
Suji
Kwock Kim 479
Th 10/1
Ch.
3 The Sound of Contemporary Poetry 39-52
/ Discuss
"Portfolio " assignment
Catherine
Tufariello 468
Poem
2
3
Tu 10/6
Ch.
4 Conflict and Transformation 53-72
Sharon
Olds 296
Th 10/8
/
Discuss "Presentation " assignment
Andrew
Hudgins 410
Poem
3
4
Tu 10/13
Ch. 5 Do Poems Have Plot? 73-91
/ Discuss "Revised Poem " assignment
Brad
Leithauser 431
Poem
4
Th 10/15
Ch.
6 Empathy and Creativity 92-106
/ CONFERENCES
begin on poems #1-4
Rita
Dove 424
5
Tu 10/20
SAC Inservice Day—No
class
Th 10/22
Ch.
7 Leaping Through Time and Space 107-20
/ Discuss
"Outside Submission " assignment
Appendix,
How to Get Published 233-38
Billy
Collins 266
Revised
Poem
6
Tu 10/27
Ch.
8 Frames and Forms 121-39
Poem
5
Th 10/29
Ch.
9 Stanzas, Prose, and the Field of the Page 140-51
/ Midterm
Grades
Lynn
Emanuel 369
Outside
Submission
7
Tu 11/3
Ch.
10 Surrealism 152-65
Thomas
Lux 339
Poem
6
Th 11/5
James
Tate 315
8
Tu 11/10
Ch.
11 Writing about Sadness 166-75
/ Discuss
2nd "Revised Poem " assignment
Yusef
Komunyakaa 341
Poem
7
Th 11/12
Ch.
12 Poetry and Eros 176-88
/ CONFERENCES
begin on poems #5-7
Kim
Addonizio 448
Report
on Local Reading
9
Tu 11/17
Ch.
13 The Poetry of Witness 189-204
Carolyn
Forché 385
Th 11/19
Ellen
Bryant Voigt 309
Revised
Poem
10
Tu 11/24
Ch.
14 Stretching the Imagination 205-15
Ted
Kooser 248
Poem
8
Th 11/26
Thanksgiving Holiday—No
Class
11
Tu 12/1
Ch.
15 Breaking the Rules, Nurturing the Weird 216-29
