Writing Poetry I - bmc.CRWT.B261.001.F26

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  General

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      Group Names: Sanchez, Rucker, Wisher

      Group Sonia Sanchez

      • Clare
      • Elodie
      • Kathryn
      • Hemani
      • Grace T

      Group Ursula Rucker

      • Yafreisi 
      • Aylee
      • Grace M. 
      • Hannah
      • Joelle
      • Vivi

      Group Yolanda Wisher

      • Virgil 
      • Charlotte
      • Gracie
      • Gian
      • Jasmine
• Select section September 2: Intro & Ars Poetica and Poetic Invocation

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  September 2: Intro & Ars Poetica and Poetic Invocation

  Aracelis Girmay, Arroz Poetica and Lucille Clifton, “blessing the boats” (IN CLASS) 

  Introduction to Swing Mezzo (IN CLASS) 

   

  Poetry as ritual (Mahogany Browne) (IN CLASS) 

   Journals – a daily practice 

  • Select activity Poetry as Ritual with Mahogany Browne

    Poetry as Ritual with Mahogany Browne

  • Select activity Aracelis Girmay, Arroz Poetica

    Aracelis Girmay, Arroz Poetica

  • Select activity Lucille Clifton, Blessing the Boats

    Lucille Clifton, Blessing the Boats

• Select section September 9: Image & Diction

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  September 9: Image & Diction

  • Read Addonizio: pg. 85-104* 

  • 3 poems from Bettina Judd  

  • Plath,“Blackberrying” 

  • Aracelis Girmay, For Estefani 

  • Melissa Lozada-Oliva, How to survive the apocalypse ...  
• Select section September 16: Line and Syntax

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  September 16: Line and Syntax

  • Read Addonizio: pg 104-115*, 

  • Yusef Komunyakaa, “Facing It”  

  • Li-Young Lee, “Eating Alone” 

  • Lucille Clifton, “won’t you celebrate with me”  

  • Select activity Poems from Group (Sonia Sanchez)

    

    Poems from Group (Sonia Sanchez) Forum
• Select section September 23: Sound and Silence and The Turn

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  September 23: Sound and Silence and The Turn

  • Read Addonizio: 138-151 

  • Gwendolyn Brooks, “We Real Cool” 

  • • Poetry Foundation Poetry Film 

  • Terrance Hayes, Golden Shovel 

  • • Complete poem 

  • • Video (Part 1) 

  • • Terrance Hayes talks about his work 

  • • How to write a Golden Shovel 

  • Select activity Poems from Group (Ursula Rucker)

    

    Poems from Group (Ursula Rucker) Forum
• Select section September 30: Formal Poems

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  September 30: Formal Poems

  • Read Addonizio: 151-161 

  • Elizabeth Bishop, “One Art” 

  • Natasha Trethewey, “Myth” 

  • Agha Shahid Ali, “Ghazal” 

  • Rita Dove, “Sonnet in Primary Colors” 

  • Select activity Poems from Group (Yolanda Wisher)

    

    Poems from Group (Yolanda Wisher) Forum
• Select section October 7: Formal Poems and Hybrid Forms

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  October 7: Formal Poems and Hybrid Forms

  • Read Addonizio: 161-171 

  • Tyehimba Jess, “Mercy”,  

  • Jericho Brown, “Duplex”] 

  • Danez Smith, “dear white america”   

  • Douglas Kearney, “Sho” 

  • Poems from City without Altar, Jasminne Mendez 

  • Select activity Poems from All Poets

    

    Poems from All Poets Forum
• Select section Poems of Joy and Rest

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  Poems of Joy and Rest
• Select section October 21: Guest Speaker, Hiwot Adilow

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  October 21: Guest Speaker, Hiwot Adilow

  Watch and read these pieces from Hiwot

  Interview with Hiwot Adilow

  Creative work

  Mihret by Hiwot Adilow

  Red by Hiwot Adilow

  • Select activity Post your questions for Hiwot here

    

    Post your questions for Hiwot here Forum
• Select section October 28: Revision

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  October 28: Revision

  • Juan Felipe Herrera on revision 

  • Ocean Vuong, “Someday I’ll Love…” 

  • Tim Seibles, First Kiss 

  • Select activity Poems from Group (Sonia Sanchez)

    

    Poems from Group (Sonia Sanchez) Forum
• Select section November 4: Sequence / Poetry Manuscript Organization

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  November 4: Sequence / Poetry Manuscript Organization

  • Claudia Rankine (excerpt),  

  • Ross Gay (excerpt) 

  • Select activity Poems from Group (Ursula Rucker)

    

    Poems from Group (Ursula Rucker) Forum
• Select section November 11: Poetry Films

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  November 11: Poetry Films
• Select section November 18: Designing and Making the Chapbook

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  November 18: Designing and Making the Chapbook

  • Select activity Poems from Group (Yolanda Wisher

    

    Poems from Group (Yolanda Wisher Forum
• Select section Poems of Connection

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  Poems of Connection
• Select section December 2: Revision

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  December 2: Revision
• Select section December 9: Celebration and Reflection

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  December 9: Celebration and Reflection