wri 313: strong words

daily calendar: term iv

rev. 18jan2009

mon, mar 23

your poetics (in draft)

Frank O’Hara, “Personism: A Manifesto” (SW 132)

wed, mar 25

workshop

fri, mar 27

poet presentations & discussions

DUE: poem (with copies for either big or small workshop see workshop schedule)

10	mon, mar 30	workshop
	wed, apr 1	writer-in-residence: Kevin McIlvoy

mon, apr 6

Audre Lord, “Poetry is Not a Luxury” (SW 137)
Lord Poems (1009-1017): “Coal,” “Outlines”
Other poems: Muriel Rukeyser, “The Poem as Mask” (689); Sandra Cisneros, “Little Clown, My Heart” (1192); Patricia Smith, “What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl (For Those of You Who Aren’t)” (1198); Marilyn Chin, “How I Got That Name” (1202)

wed, apr 8

work day: no class

fri, apr 10

poet presentations & discussions

DUE: poem

mon, apr 13

Adrienne Rich, “Poetry and Experience: Statement at a Poetry Reading” (SW 141) & Sylvia Plath, “A Comparison” (SW 145)
Rich Poems (934-954): “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” from An Atlas of the Difficult World
Plath Poems (973-990): “The Bee Meeting,” “The Arrival of the Bee Box,” “Stings,” “The Swarm,” “Wintering”

DUE: annotation #2

wed, apr 15

workshop

DUE: poem

mon, apr 20

no class: instructor at conference

wed, apr 22

workshop

DUE: poem

fri, apr 24

poet presentations & discussions

DUE: poem