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Poetry Writing Assignment
Well, just to inspire you, I have attached a little piece of music, Minuet and Trio in G (K.1), composed by Mozart at age 6, an arrangement for recorder. Hey, if a kid can do this, you can do some poetry!
OVER THE NEXT SEMESTER, and for your life long if you wish, you will be writing poems. A total of ten poems are due by the end of the term. For a hundred years or more now, there have been no set rules for this. Poetry has long been free of the rules that once defined it. 

HERE IS THE LIST OF 10 REQUIRED POEMS TO WRITE:

For the ten (10) poems you are required to write the listed categories:

DATES FOR FALL, 2007 ARE NOT POSTED YET... THESE ARE APPROXIMATE...

SEND TWO (2) POEMS to everyone on the list by September 18th.

SEND TWO WORKSHOP COMMENTS to two fellow students by September 25th.

 PLEASE LABEL YOUR EMAIL "RE: WORKSHOP FOR EG 91.

SEND ME IMITATIONS of the style of a contemporary poet  sent to me by October 9th.

SEND ME  A SONNET and 3 HAIKU by October 23rd.

SEND BALANCE OF COMPLETE TEN POEMS to me in a single batch by November 13th.

(You only have to send two poems to everyone. You only have to send two comments. Any extra poetry you send to the complete list is optional. Any extra comments you send to your fellow students may count as extra credit.)

While it is my job to help you write your own best work, clearly I do like some styles better than others.  Here's a link to:

WHAT I LIKE IN A POEM

 

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