01.28.11: UPDATE

READING: The Poet's Companion, pages 129-134; Best American Poerty (2008), pages 64-73.

WRITING: In addition to working on the revision I recommended for three of your previously composed poems, please complete writing prompt 7 on page 136 in The Poet's Companion. When completing this assignment, use our Best American Poetry (2008) as your source text.

01.26.11: UPDATE

READING: Best American Poetry (2008), pages 50-63.

WRITING: The Poet's Companion, writing prompt 6 on page 114. As noted in class, though, instead of reading an entire collection, I want you to select 1 poem from Best American Poetry (2008) that you've enjoyed or admired, then attempt to mimic the style (both form and language) of that poem.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE, ETC.

Below is the conference schedule for Tuesday and Thursday, all of which will be held in my office (Andrews Hall 302). For these meeting, please bring all of the poems you've written up to this point for class, as well any questions, comments, and concerns regarding your work and how it relates to the concepts we've covered in The Poet's Companion.

					TUESDAY (25TH)					THURSDAY (27th)
9:00AM					Nicole Lyn					Zachary Robert
9:30AM					Dottie Jo					Bradley Piester
10:00AM					Dustin Joseph					Mayme
10:30AM					Tressa Renae					Taylor Todd
11:00AM					Xin Guo					Morgan Elizabeth
11:30AM					Aaron L					Trevor John
12:00PM					Austin Alan					Breanna Noel
12:30PM					Elizabeth Kae					Jennifer Kathleen
1:00PM					Jared Nathaniel					Lexi Aleish
1:30PM										Amber Elysia
2:00PM					Rachel PufferFish
2:30PM					Taylor Maria					Jessica Lynn

01.24.11: UPDATE

READING: The Poet's Companion, pages 39-51.

WRITING: It has come to my attention that I assigned different writing prompts in-class on Friday than those that I posted in the previous blog. Therefore, if you did the former for today's homework, do the latter for Wednesday; likewise, if you did the latter for today's homework, do the former for Wednesday. As a reminder, the two assignments were as follows:

Assigned in-class on Friday: The Poet's Companion, writing prompts 1 and 2 on pages 101 and 102.

Assigned (incorrectly) on the blog: The Poet's Companion, writing prompts 4 and 5 on page 113.

I apologize for any confusion this may have caused. Again, for Wednesday's class session, complete which ever one of the above assignments you did not turn in during today's session.