Forms of Poetry

Amy Lowell wrote, "No one expects a man to make a chair without first learning how, but there is a popular impression that the poet is born, not made, and that his verses burst from his overflowing heart of themselves. As a matter of fact, the poet must learn his trade in the same manner, and with the same painstaking care, as the cabinet-maker."

Let’s look at poetry from a designer’s perspective. As a designer of poetry, we are charged with creating works of beauty that sometimes fall within certain parameters such as: What does this “space” need? What do I want to “say” here? What are my materials? In this course, students will address the design qualities of a poem by experimenting with forms like the sonnet, ballad, ode, cento, chant, elegia, haiku, and villanelle.

Note: No previous experience necessary.

Course Number: WCWP-40308
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Creative Writing

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2/3/2025 - 3/15/2025

$290

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• SECTION ID:

  186186

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  burress, christina, A poet and teacher whose work has appeared in publications such as San Diego Poetry Annual, Bombay Gin, Not Enough Night, The Alembic and Admit Two.

  Christina Burress is a poet and teacher. She teaches Forms of Poetry  for UC San Diego Extended Studies' Creative Writing Certificate Program  and  American Literature: Stories of Immigration . Her work has appeared in publications such as San Diego Poetry Annual, Bombay Gin, Not Enough Night, The Alembic, Admit Two and the Coe Review. She has taught a variety of poetry classes at UC San Diego Extension since 2010. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Naropa university and a bachelor's degree in rhetoric from UC Berkeley.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 2/7/2025.
  1st no meeting date: 2/17/2025.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $290 ($315 if enrolled after 12/9/2024).
  

• NOTE:

  online. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears under Online Provider.

• DATE & LOCATION:

  2/3/2025 - 3/15/2025
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.