INTRODUCTORY POETRY WORKSHOP/THE POSSIBILITIES OF POETIC FORMS

Course Description

In this introductory creative writing workshop, we will explore a number of poetic forms in order to examine how form and content can establish intricate bonds within our poetry. We will consider what is made possible when working with received forms (such as the villanelle, ghazal, elegy, pantoum, and sonnet, to name a few) and explore how we might expand upon structural constituents in order to invent our own forms that chart new expressive and experiential states. In this class we will create our own assemblages that challenge established forms through re-envisioning and innovative collaborations with structure.

Required Text

Turco, Lewis, The Book of Forms, 5th edition University of New Mexico Press