DUE DATES

 

Write a Kocot imitation poem (see below** for details)

and hand in on February 5 (at latest Feb 12) (Some handed
this in already--thank you!).

And come prepared to talk about the poems, but especially:

Chad: “One World at a Time”
Carly: “Helium”
Elizabeth: “Hold That Thought”
Ryder: “Paris by Moonlight”
Ashley: “Goodnight Irene”
Samantha: “Jaroslav”
Alexis: “Middle School”
Nick: “Provenance”
Courtney: “A Custom of Mourning”
Justin: “Eric with the Light Brown Hair”

Bring in, with copies, 8 – 12 pp. of poetry for workshop
on February 19.

Ruefle Imitation poem is due on Feb. 19. Please post it on
your blog, along with twenty-five words explaining ANYTHING
at all about the experience of writing it. You can also hand it
in as one of your poems in your 8 – 12 pp of poems that day,
just mark it “Ruefle imitation poem” please).

Write a poem, a loose imitation of Mary Ruefle. It must be

at least 22 lines long (and under fifty lines long). Unlike
Kocot’s poem, this is left open—how you imitate Ruefle
is up to you, HOWEVER, allow the poem to seem autobiograph-
ical, only distorted through an odd lens. Exaggerate—and be
comic, create a WORLD in the poem though (as Ruefle does—
this is subjective). Pay attention to voice. There’s something
a bit loopy, as in Kocot, about Mary’s “vision” which is directly
related interestingly to the persona she has created.Again, remember, you will bring in 8 - 12 (I revised the
numbers) pages of poems on February 19, and we
will go over them again--it will change a bit on
each run through. More on that today in class . . .

Remember this as well:

**Write a poem, a loose imitation of Noelle Kocot. It must be at
least 22 lines long (and under fifty lines long). It must be written
in third person, and we must find someone's NAME amidst your
lines. Further, it should allow one or more pieces of dialogue.
No line shall contain more than eleven syllables. Tell your tale
in a somewhat breezy, occasionally weird, style, in which
immediacy is favored over a traditionally POETICAL sounding
structure. Voice is important, and accesibility. It should feel
playful but, like the Ashbery imitation, feel like serious ART.
This poem is due on February 5. You can then include it also
with your growing collection of work but you are not required to.