Week Three Creative Writing Reading Assignment

This week's reading addresses more of what lies at the heart of poetry, the condensed language and specific images that bring emphasis to virtually every aspect of human experience.

Read closely and put to use in this week's writing all that you learn and continue to practice--from all the class readings, shared work, and discussions.

For this week, read the following materials:

The Creative Writing Guide:

Chapter Five: "The Sound of Poetry," 88-104

Chapter Six: "The Rhythm of Poetry," 108-119.

Road Trip:

"Twyla Hansen," 184-200

"J. V. Brummels," 204-219

American Life in Poetry

Read, as always, the current poem for discussion; in addition and again, take a look in the archive as well--cut and paste what you like. Look at the poem(s) and try in discussions to make connections with the class readings, especially with the second thread.

As always, provide specific examples by way of support.

As the notes indicate, this week's readings take you to the heart of poetry in that the material details much more of the "how of the matter."

Read the chapters carefully and see how what our text has to say finds reflection in what this week's featured Nebraska poets have to tell you about their writing and how what they write finds emphasis in our text and in our discussions.

Be sure to read the class material carefully and with interest--and add to Discussion Thread #3, where you post your work for others in the class to read.

Over the term, I will work to reconstitute the section, destroyed by accident, devoted to student work. To that end, take a look at the student example from last week of the memoir that evolves from focused free writing.

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