English 609: Poetry Writing

What's due today:

• Poems about Art
• Discuss Trethewey/ Smith group project (due October 26)
• Discuss Selected/Collected group project (due November 2)
• Workshop

What's due next class:

• Finish Lux ("New Poems") and Finish Hugo
• Readings for Next Week
  • Bly's Leaping Poetry (selections)* see Blackboard (loaded)
  • Poet's Companion: 129-138 ("Stop Making Sense")
• Procedural poems for next week:
• Language poetry and "method" poetry
  • Explanation, history and an essay on its political nature*
  • Online examples: John Cage's Indeterminacy (click on "stories" and then hit reload to see new poems); Alice Fulton's A little Hear to Heart with the Horizon; Leslie Scalapino's Tango
• Found Poetry
• Explanation
• Somebody's Found Poetry assignment (if you need a method)
• Examples: The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld; Adams, Dense Smoke...; Annie Dillard, selections from Morning Like This
• Activities:
  • Mad Libs Poetry (here's my example)
  • Half poem (from a poem by Ralph Angel)
  • 20 Poetry Projects

Homework: Write a poem about art (or choose your own topic)