APRIL 2's Class

What can I do but reiterate what I posed for today last
Wednesday night after class? Here is the post again, below.
So 1. Read Chad's book, and read it as a book, like you'd
find it at a store or in a library, only of course it's class,
and you want to critique it some, suggest order, cut any-
thing out of place, the usual . . . but also, thinking of it as
said found book, how does it hold up? Indicate your THREE
favorite poems (just draw a star on the pages), just as
a way of giving additional feedback. Every little bit helps/
Remember, what is your favorite Foust poem. Are they
driving you crazy? Aren't they fabulous? Remember, bring
three new poems in. It's a credit / no credit thing (credit if
you hand them in / no credit if not). I've written several other
similar type drafts of poems based on similar sets of prompts
I've devised for myself, in the spirit of the group! I'll bring
one or two or more (perhaps).

So, please read Chad's manuscript thoroughly. Edit it
and suggest an order for the poems IF the present one
seems at all flawed. A requirement here is to choose,
and identify, your top three favorite poems in the manu-
script. Same stuff otherwise. So we'll talk about
it first thing on Wednesday, April 2. See readings listed
below. We'll conclude Schomburg. But I want each of
you to choose a favorite Foust poem, and be prepared
to say why you dig it. These are difficult poems, it seems
at first, but not so much really. His poems are ABOUT
the difficulties of communication. Interesting to note
that the first three poems are titled after Van Halen
songs . . . Type your in-class poems up, and write the
third one, and bring all three to class on April 2, either
by handing a single copy of each to me or by adding
them (one, two, or all) to your manuscript, in which
case we will all receive a copy of the new poems . . .