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A88 ‘Cause I’m As Free as a Verse Now: Survey of Contemporary Free-Verse Poetry

Level A – All levels welcome.

Take a guided tour through the world of contemporary free-verse poetry in this course. We will meet each week to introduce you to and lead you through exercises in different poetic forms, with opportunities to workshop your written poems each following week (as desired). We will explore ekphrastic poetry, response poetry, persona poetry, epistolary poetry, and erasure/found poetry, all with an emphasis on personal narrative, culminating in a final full workshop day to share work from throughout the course.

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Instructor: Kenny Idleman

Supply List: Cause I'm as Free as a Verse Now: Survey of Contemporary Free-Verse Poetry

FAC Member Price: $215.10

Non-Member Price: $239

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Class Dates:

June 4-July 9

Time:

9-11 a.m.

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Duration:

6 sessions

Location

Bemis School of Art

30 W Dale St

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Age:

Adults

Days:

Wednesdays

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