The Fine Art of Cooking Up a Poem

Week 7 | M, Tu, W, Th | Hultquist 201A | Ages 16 and up

Ever wished your writing had more finesse? Or wondered what goes into the making of a fine poem? This class explores "poetic ingredients" in the areas of content, sound, and form that will increase your expertise in poetry and prose. Learn how to identify and use these ingredients, as well as how writing you love can inspire and instruct you. All levels welcome.

Class Times

Students should bring their own notebook/journal and writing implement. A laptop is optional.

Maureen Ryan Griffin

B.S., Indiana Univ. of PA, education. Twenty years' experience teaching writing/creativity. Award-winning author of Spinning Words into Gold and Ten Thousand Cicadas Can’t Be Wrong. Recipient, CHQ Writer’s Center’s Mary Jean Irion Award, 1998; first place in CHQ Readers & Writers Poetry Contest, 2007; Irene Blair Honeycutt Legacy Award, 2018.

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