English 140-141-142-143: Poetry Writing
A Repeatable Writers’ Workshop
Grossmont College Catalog Description
Practice in writing poetry. Students submit original poems for class discussion and learn to use the writers’ workshop to develop their work and skills as critics. Study, analyisis, and application of the fundamental tools, techniques, and forms of poetry: imagery, alliteration, assonance, simile, metaphor, rhyme, meter, traditional and free verse forms used by established and contemporary writers. Opportunity for publication and public readings. This course may be repeated four times.
We meet on hip-happening Thursday night, 7-9:50.
Coldfront’s Top 30 Poetry Books of 2011
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Spring 2012 Books
- Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros. New York: Vintage, 1994. (Cisneros will be coming to Grossmont this semester!)
- New Selected Poems by Philip Levine. New York: Knopf, 1991. (current Poet Laureate)
- In the Palm of Your Hand by Steve Kowit. Gardiner (Maine): Tilbury House Publishers, 2003 (first semester students)
- Copies of individual poems for small group workshops.
- Access to a computer (available on campus). All poems must be typed.
Syllabus & Calendar
Poetry Writing Calendar (schedule of activities & assignments)
Spring 2012 Assignments
BLOG NOW: Tell me about your favorite poet…
Handouts
How We Talk When We Talk About Poems
De-Composiiton Excerpt-Correct Poems
The Poetry Scene
- San Diego City College’s International Book Fair
- Poetix: Poetry in Southern California
- San Diego Writers, Ink
- Writer’s Symposium by the Sea
- Poets House NY
- Busboys and Poets D.C.
Publishing
- Acorn Review Literary Magazine
- Cooper Dillon Books
- Poets & Writers Grants and Awards
- Poet’s Market
- [clump] Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
- Poetry Foundation
- Duotrope’s Digest
Places for Poets Online: A Virtual Black Hole
- Poets & Writers
- Fishouse: an audio archive of emerging poets
- Poets.org from the Academy of American Poets
- Library of Congress news, events, webcasts, prizes, fellowships, Poet Laureate Central
- Poetry Daily (I just signed up for their weekly e-mail)
- Poetry Magazine
The Poet in Academia
- The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
- SDSU English Department
- Creative Writing at SDSU
- University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop
- Modern American Poetry
- Open Course at Yale University! Modern Poetry