Official Course Description: “This course provides students the opportunity to practice writing poetry. Through attention to the elements of craft in these creative forms and a range of prompts, students learn to develop free and formal verse that explores new possibilities for expression. Poetry assignments will follow prompts to create, for instance, poems drawn from their own lives, litanies, and pantoums. Attention to word choice, imagery, metaphor, and writing strong lines will be practiced across the genre. Students work toward creating and revising an original body of writings that, together, reveal an emergent creative voice.”

My Course Description: Students are encouraged to explore their creative nature through prompted poetry. Every class students will workshop poetry to learn how to write and how to improve their own writing. Throughout the semester students will build a portfolio of poetry along with a physical art-piece displaying select poems.