Poetry

Poetry Seminar

This course is intended to allow students who are drawn to poetry to express themselves, as well as those who have never written a poem in their lives. The 10 exercises to be completed may be submitted in typed “portfolio” format, or in a poetry journal. This seminar is worth 1/2 credit in English.

What is Poetry?

Poetry is important... It reaches inside people and heals their wounds like nothing else can. It is an escape from reality and a method of coping with reality. It's a certain feeling inside."

Anonymous

"Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know what light is; but it is not easy to telll what it is."

Samuel Johnson

"original combination of words, distinctive sound, and emotional impact"

Anonymous

What is poetry?, you say

As you fix my eyes with yours of blue. What is poetry! .... You ask me that? Poetry... It is you!

Gustavo Adolfo Becquer