CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY
ENGLISH 291 SECTION 02 / JOY PASSANANTE / BRINK 203 / FALL 20**
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Aug. 29 Greetings, Policies, Beginnings
31 Bishop, Intro. Writing!
Sept. 5 Ch. 1 About Reading and Writing Poetry
7 Poem #1. Lecture: Supreme Court Justice Scalia, 4:30 p.m., SUB Ballroom.
12 Ch. 7 Listing and Repetition
13 Reading: Lance Olsen (fiction)
14 Poem #2
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19 Ch. 2 Accentual and Syllabic Verse
21 Poem #3
26 Mystery Guest?
27 Reading: Melanie Rae Thon (fiction)
28 Mystery Guest?
Oct. 3 Ch 3 Couplets and the Sounds of Full, Slant, and No Rhyme
5 Poem #4
. 10 Picnic, Lightning Parts I, II. Reading: Claire Davis (fiction)
12 Picnic, Lightning Part III, Poem #5
17 Picnic, Lightning, Part IV
18 Reading: Billy Collins (poetry) REQUIRED
19 Mystery Guest?
24 Ch 4 Elegies and Aubades. Reading: Scott Olson (creative nonfiction)
26 Poem #6
31 Ch 8 Odes and Praise Songs
Nov. 2 Reading: Barry Lopez (creative nonfiction), Poem #7
7 Ch 10 Quatrains
9 Books chosen and approved for review, Poem #8
14 Ch 11 Sestinas (plus Villanelles, pp. 362-373)
16 Poem #9
Give Thanks.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
28 Book Review Presentations
30 Book Review Presentations, Poem #10
Dec. 5 Workshops, discussion of portfolios
7 Workshops, Poem #11
12 Workshops
14 Workshops, Poem #12, Poetry Portfolios due
Final Exam: Public reading (TBA)