Laura Anschicks

 College of DuPage

Poetry Writing
English 252

 

Poetry Writing | Poetry Texts | Process | Constructive Feedback

Assignment Schedule

The Practice of Poetry

Writing Poems

3/30
Course Introduction

 4/6

PP: Part 1  "Ladders into the Dark: The Unconscious as Goldmine"

WP: Ch. 9   "Finding the Poem: Headwaters"

 4/13

PP: Part 2   "The Things of This World: Image and Metaphor"

 WP. Ch 1   "Form: The Necessary Nothing"

 4/20

PP: Part 3 "Who's Talking and Why: The Self and its Subjects"

WP: Ch2 "Free Verse: Invisible Nets and Trellises"

4/27
1st polished pair & log

WP: Ch 3 "Meter: Spiderwebs and Rabbits in Hats"

 5/3

PP: Part 4 Truth in Strangeness: Accidents, Chance, and the Nonrational

WP: Ch 4 "The Sound of Sense: Of King Kong or Storm Windows"

 5/11

PP: Part 5 "Laws of the Wild: Structure, Shapeliness, and Organizing Principles"

WP: Ch 5 "Subject Matter: Nightingales and Fried Shoes"

 5/18
2nd polished pair & log

WP: Ch 6: "A Cast of Characters: Duke, Drunk, Pig, and Lily"

 5/25

PP: Part 6 "Musical Matters: Sound, Rhythm, and the Line"

WP: Ch 7"Metaphor: Telling It 'Like' It Is"

 6/1
Final log

PP: Part 7 "Major and Minor Surgery: On Revision and Writer's Block"

WP: Ch 8 "Beyond the Rational: Lightning Bolts and Burglars"

 6/8
Final Presentations

Poetry Writing | Poetry Texts | Process | Constructive Feedback
 

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