Interdisciplinary Arts 0353 - Intermediate Poetry Workshop

"Poetry," writes Yusef Komunyakaa in his essay collection Blue Notes, "is an act of meditation and improvisation. And need is the motor that propels the words down the silent white space." In this intermediate poetry workshop, students will consider various perspectives on the revision process and explore strategies for re-drafting poems-in-progress. While this class is open to any poetry student with previous workshop experience, those who stand to gain the most are those who've already amassed a sizeable body of work-poems, drafts, notes-with which they are, for the most part, dissatisfied and are eager to improve. It is imperative that students come with an open mind, willing to surprise themselves and one another.

Independent Work In this course, students are expected to spend at least six to eight hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. This time includes reading, writing, research.