ADVANCED POETRY WRITING

This course will be a mixture of workshops and discussion of established poets’ work. Several poets will be reading in the Spring including John Ashbery, Ellen Doré Watson, and Elizabeth Willis and attendance at these readings will be mandatory. Watson and Willis will also come to workshop and discuss craft with the class.
Readings will include: John Ashbery, Your Name Here; Ellen Doré Watson, This Sharpening; Elizabeth Willis, Turneresque; Louise Glück, Averno; among others.

Requirements:
You will write a one-page response to one poem in one book of your choosing every two weeks. Otherwise, there will be a new poem due each week. The assignments will be flexible and will range with the interests of the class. The last third of the class will focus on revision.

PLEASE NOTE:
TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS COURSE YOU MUST SUBMIT 5 ORIGINAL POEMS TO The Haverford English Department Office, (Woodside 100) BY DECEMBER 21. Submissions should include contact information including email address. No electronic submissions. You will receive notice of whether you’ve been accepted to the class at the start of the spring semester.

ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED TO 15.

Direct questions to jvincent@haverford.edu.