Week 1: Topic: Orientation
Discussion Board 1: Introductions
Poems and comments by Liliana Valenzuela
Poems and comments by Christopher Jon Heuer
Week 2: Topic: Landscape Poem
Mini-Lecture: In the Beginning Is the Image
Mini-Lecture: Poems Should Be Seen and Heard
Poems and comments by Michael McGriff
Poems and comments by Larry Thomas
Poetry Gym: Imagery and Figures of Speech
Discussion Board 2
Workbook Exercises
Due: I am/List Poem
Week 3: Topic: Family Poem
Mini-Lecture: Word Values
Mini-Lecture: Diction
Poems and comments by Natalie Diaz
Poems and comments by Chase Twitchell
Poetry Gym: Literal and Figurative Language
Discussion Board 3
Workbook Exercises
Due: Poem One: Landscape Poem
One-On-One Meetings On-Line
Week 4: Topic: Letter Poem
Mini-Lecture: Who’s Speaking to Whom?
Poems and comments by Bill Berkson
Poems and comments by Natalie Diaz
Poetry Gym: Point of View
Discussion Board 4
Workbook Exercises
Due: Poem Two: Family Poem
Week 5: Topic: Revision 1
Mini-Lecture: Metaphorical Thought 1
Mini-Lecture: Metaphorical Thought 2
Mini-Lecture: Figurative Language: Tropes
Poems and comments by Brian Turner
Poetry Gym: Language You Use, Language You Choose
Discussion Board 5
Workbook Exercises
Due: Poem Three: Letter Poem
Week 6: Topic: Ekphrastic Poem
Mini-Lecture: Enjambment 1
Mini-Lecture: Enjambment 2
Mini-Lecture: Meter, Line, and Feet
Poems and comments by Larry Thomas
Poetry Gym: Line and Enjambment
Discussion Board 6
Workbook Exercises
Due: Revision of a Poem: 1-3.
Week 7: Topic: Myth Poem
Mini-Lecture: Rhymes and Rhythms
Poems and comments by Mark Jarman
Poems and comments by Alurista
Poetry Gym: Rhythm I
Discussion Board 7
Workbook Exercises
Due: Poem Four: Ekphrastic Poem
Week 8: Topic: History Poem
Mini-Lecture: You and the House of Poetry
Poems and comments by Dave Parsons
Poems and comments by Raul Salinas
Poetry Gym: Rhythm II
Discussion Board 8
Workbook Exercises
Due: Poem Five: Myth Poem
Week 9: Topic: Revision 2
Mini-Lecture: Tension Points for Poets
Poems and comments by Camile Dungy
Poetry Gym: Poetry Out Loud
Discussion Board 9
Workbook Exercises
Due: Poem Six: History Poem
Week 10: Topic: Poems in Form: Ghazel
Mini-Lecture: Ted Hughes, Alliteration, and Old English
Poems and comments by Jessica Piazza
Poetry Gym: Poetry Gym: Assonance, Consonance, Alliteration
Discussion Board 10
Workbook Exercises
Due: Poem in Performance
Due: Revision of a Poem: 4-6
Week 11: Topic: Poems in Form: Sonnets
Mini-Lecture: Rhyme
Mini-Lecure: Following the Rules
Poems and comments by Jessica Piazza
Poetry Gym: Rhyme I
Discussion Board 11
Workbook Exercises
Due: Poem Seven: Ghazel
Week 12: Topic: Open Choice
Mini-Lecture: Rhyme, Quaint and Contemporary
Poems and comments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Poetry Gym: Rhyme II
Discussion Board 12
Workbook Exercises
Due: Poem Eight Sonnet
Week 13: Topic: Mentor Poet
Mini-Lecture: The Poet’s Bookcase
Workbook Exercises
Discussion Board 13
Due: Mentor Poet Presentation
Due: Poem Nine: Open Choice
Week 14: Topic: Revision 3
Discussion Board 14
Workbook Exercises
Due: Poem Ten: Poem to Mentor Poet
Week 15: Topic: Submitting Poems
Discussion Board 15
Workbook Exercises
Due: Revision of a Poem: 7-10
Week 16: Topic: Wrap Up
Due: Porfolio
Submission to Rio Review