Humanities and Fine Arts 191HFA28 - FYS- Oops, I'm a Poet

What is contemporary poetry? Forget about awkward rhymes, obvious symbols, and forced interpretation. In this class we will be creating poetry through Google translate, Sharpie blackouts, challenging prompts and strange walks. We will be doing low-stakes experiments to produce high quality results. We will try and fail together, laugh together, and occasionally get muddy. But we'll also look at important poems that are seeking to create change in the world, and hopefully learn to trust our own creative and poetic instincts, no matter what our backgrounds in writing or in life. By the end of the seminar you will have 5-8 polished poems that represent who you are right now.

Open to first-year Humanities and Fine Arts Exploratory Track students and first-year HFA Majors.