ENGL 491.002:
Senior
Portfolio in Creative Writing
Cynthia Hand
Spring 2017
SCHEDULE
(the Poetry edition)
WEEK 4:
January 30
Read Chapters
1-3 in The Poetry Home Repair Manual
Write three
different openings to the same poem
Pick a craft
book (see the page for suggestions) and 2 books of poetry to read for the
semester
Week 5: February 6
Read Chapter 4
of TPHRM and count the syllables and
stresses of a poem you’ve written that doesn’t have a set rhyme of meter
WEEK 6:
February 13
Bring 2 poems
for Workshop #1
Read Chapter 5
of TPHRM and revise a poem into a
different form from what you typically work in
Read poems for
Poem Discussion #1, comment on Google docs
NO CLASS
February 20
WEEK 8:
February 27
Read Chapter 6
of TPHRM and work on a poem
thoroughly focusing solely on the feeling that the poem imparts on the reader
Craft Talk #1
Read poems for
Poem Discussion #2, comment on Google docs
WEEK 9: March
6
Bring 2 poems
for Workshop #2
Read Chapter 7
of TPHRM and write a short analysis
of a poem you’re working on in which you think you might be getting in your own
way
Read poems for
Poetry Discussion #3, comment on Google docs
WEEK 10: March
13
Read Chapter 8
of TPHRM and revise a poem in which
you are working from memory
Craft Talk #2
Read poems for
Poetry Discussion #4, comment on Google docs
NO CLASS March
20 (Spring Break)
WEEK 11: March
27
Bring 2 poems
for Workshop #3
Read Chapter 9
of TPHRM and revise a poem using
another one of the 5 senses
Read poems for
Poetry Discussion #5, comment on Google docs
WEEK 12: April 3
Read Chapter 10
of TPHRM and revise a poem focusing
on the verbs
Craft Talk #4
Read poems for
Poetry Discussion #6, comment on Google docs
WEEK 13: April 10
Bring 2 poems
for Workshop #4
Read Chapter 11
of TPHRM and revise a poem to fine
tune a simile or a metaphor
Read poems for
Poetry Discussion #7, comment on Google docs
WEEK 14: April
17
Read Chapter 12
of TPHRM and write up a plan for
places to submit your work
Read poems for
Poetry Discussion #8, comment on Google docs
WEEK 15: April
24
Bring 2 poems
for Workshop #5
PORTFOLIO DUE
MONDAY, MAY 1, by 12:00p.m
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