Here’s the assignment for Friday, August 23, 2013. Read all the poems in the section titled “Practicing Reading: Some Poems on Love” (pgs 16-26 in our textbook). For those who don’t yet have the textbook, here’s a list of the poems: go search for them. W. H. Auden [Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone]… Continue reading Assignment: Responding to a Love Poem
Week 2 Readings
Monday, August 19 The Norton Introduction to Poetry, “Reading” (2) Wednesday, August 21 The Norton Introduction to Poetry, “Responding” (8) Friday, August 23 The Norton Introduction to Poetry, “Writing” (16) Note: the numbers in parenthesis are the page numbers in the textbook. Read until the end of each section.
“Why I Am Not a Painter” by Frank O’Hara
Read this poem by Frank O’Hara and look at the painting.
“Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins
This poem by Billy Collins captures some of my goals vis a vis the tensions that abound when encountering poetry.
Hello Students!
Welcome to our online space for this course. This blog will be our online base of operations, where I will post course information, assignments, and fun things related to our exploration of poetry. You’ll see links to the Syllabus, Calendar, and other course related materials. I encourage you to link to this page and visit… Continue reading Hello Students!