POET 23 W — Poetry Workshop: Craft and Vision
Quarter: Spring
Instructor(s): Allison Pitinii Davis
Date(s): Apr 3—Jun 5
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Thursdays
Class Meeting Time: 12:00—1:00 pm (PT)
Tuition: $1000
Refund Deadline: Apr 5
Unit(s): 2
Enrollment Limit: 18
Status: Registration opens Feb 24, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Spring
Day: Thursdays
Duration: 10 weeks
Time: 12:00—1:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Apr 3—Jun 5
Unit(s): 2
Tuition: $1000
Refund Deadline: Apr 5
Instructor(s): Allison Pitinii Davis
Enrollment Limit: 18
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Registration opens Feb 24, 8:30 am (PT)
The poet Katerina Stoykova-Klemer writes, “Lineation can make or break your poems.” This class is designed for both experienced writers seeking new tools to refresh their poetic practice and beginners looking for a comprehensive introduction to poetry. We will explore how elements like lineation, verb tense, and form contribute to meaning in our work. Each week, we will study a different poetic element and examine its use in published works by poets such as Louise Glück, Terrance Hayes, Juan Felipe Herrera, and Rosanna Young Oh. Students will receive writing prompts, generate poems to be workshopped online in small groups, and receive instructor feedback. The course will conclude with a discussion on revision, publication, and creative engagement. By the end of the course, students will understand how poetic elements shape meaning, be able to utilize a diverse range of styles, and have a collection of poems ready for personal use or potential publication after incorporating workshop and instructor feedback.
Since most of the learning in this course takes place asynchronously in threaded discussions on the Canvas classroom site, the live Zoom sessions are limited to 60 minutes per week.
ALLISON PITINII DAVIS
Author
Allison Pitinii Davis is the author of Line Study of a Motel Clerk, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and the Ohio Book Award, and Poppy Seeds, the recipient of the Wick Poetry Chapbook Prize. Her novella, Business, is forthcoming. Her poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry, The New Republic, Oxford American, Poets.org, and elsewhere. She received a PhD in English and creative writing from the University of Tennessee and fellowships from the Wallace Stegner Program at Stanford and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She is a 2025 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and a 2024 recipient of a Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Research Award. Textbooks for this course:
(Required) Amorak Huey & W. Todd Kaneko, Poetry: A Writer's Guide and Anthology (Second Edition) (ISBN 978-1350325890 )
(Recommended) Rosanna Young Oh, The Corrected Version (ISBN 978-1939728593)
(Recommended) Rosanna Young Oh, The Corrected Version (ISBN 978-1939728593)