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ASPIRING POETS (K202-6)

K – Writing

Required text: Composing Poetry: A Guide to Writing Poems and Thinking Lyrically, Gerard LaFemina, ISBN 978-1-4652-9581-1. Calling adventurous poets! Stretch yourself. Work on honing your craft and help fellow classmates develop theirs. In this six-week class, we write two poems, one an elegy and another a performance poem based on two chapters of Gerard LaFemina’s book. Sign up for either the Monday or Wednesday online section of this course.

This offering meets for a total of 6 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Betsey Cullen

CULLEN, BETSEY — B.A., University of Rochester, M.A., Cornell University. Began writing poetry at an OLLI poetry workshop in 2007. Work published in online journals, print journals and anthologies. Second prize-winning chapbook, We Hold the Bones, published in fall 2022. (K202)

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