2025-2026 Catalog

CW 256 Writing Poetry

This course is an intensive, actively drafting class, with an introduction to contemporary, free verse poetry, and a study of its craft elements. Students will generate material through creative prompts and other methods, and will learn revision and editing techniques. Readings will focus on major contemporary poets of our time. Students will produce a portfolio of poems by the end of the semester.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CW 101

Offered

Fall of even years