Let's crack poems open and see them for their parts. W.D. Snodgrass took 101 acclaimed poems and did just that: he re-wrote them into what he called De/Compositions--or, good poems gone wrong. Snodgrass recast each poem, line-by-line, until the poem diverged into another beast entirely. His versions document how artistic choices accumulate to a transcendent final product. We'll take a similar tack. Each week, you'll tackle a poem, render your own version, and share. Our versions will question each choice the poet made, at the same time we’ll direct energies into making the poems "ours."
Anyone can follow a course on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.
This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.
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poet, translator, teacher, blogger, birder, adventurer
Location: Cafayate, Argentins
Standard Set Answer:I'm a poet.
I'm interested in seeing what poets are doing on p2p.
I may be interested in creating & mentoring a poetry translation group.
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I have an MA in Creative Writing and I specialised in poetry.
Location: England
Standard Set Answer:I write poetry sporadically and like the idea of an online study programme which enables me to build on knowledge and challenges me to participate actively.
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Location: Seoul, Korea
Standard Set Answer:1. what made you interested in this topic?
I used to write poems when I was a middle and high school student. Also I am cribbling poems as I feel. So I would like to learn about peoms to write it in better way.
2. What do you hope to achieve by participating?
I will rewrite poems after I learn from here.
3. Are you interested in helping with the course organization?
If there are things that I can help.
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Director (H)onda Nómada Ediciones, Poeta, Escritor
Location: Mexico City
Standard Set Answer:1. I have been writing poetry for years, and wanted to try something new
2. By participating I hope to have achieved anothe worth while experience in life that someway contributed to y historic formation as a writer!
3. I am not sure what you meen by helping with course organization.
Thanks
David
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I am currently a student of PhD Applied Linguistics.
Location: Changchun, China
Standard Set Answer:I love poetry and some times even try my bloody hand at killing peotry. I enjoy reciting the free as well as well composed verses. Romantics as well as modern poets are interesting to me. I would love to share and learn from others by using my imagination to decompose the meanings units of the poems.
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Historian, Teacher, Poet, Artist,
Location: Durham England
Standard Set Answer:I am at present following a course in creative writing at Newcastle University. I have been writing poetry seriously for about two years. I have taken part in a number of readings.
By participating I hope to extend the range of my poetry. The subject matter for this course seemed intriguing.
At present, until I find my feet, I am not interested in course organisation
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fledgling poet. chasing artistic expression, that shadowy creature i keep catching out of the corner of my eye.
Location: Connecticut
Standard Set Answer:I've recently rediscovered poetry, and want to improve my appreciation of it as well as learn how to write poetry. I'm looking forward to this course giving my pursuits some structure. I was an english major in college, but got my master's in social work. I'm starting a new job this week (running a group home for adolescent girls) so I won't have a lot of extra time, but my commitment here is a priority. I'm also looking forward to sharing poetry with the kids I'll be serving.
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poet. artist.
Location: Georgia
Standard Set Answer:I want to participate in poetry workshop, just to see how it goes.
I hope to get better at writing of course, helpful critiques.
At this time, I am not interested in helping with course organization, total newby.
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m.a. creative writing trying to make it stick
Location: brooklyn ny
Standard Set Answer:i have writer's block but i love to learn and i also love engagement. i need a push and i enjoy pushing, let's make it happen
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I am a writer/poet/mentor my publications include 'Sick of Ape' and 'Domestic Cherry'. I won the 2011 Battered Moons Poetry Competition and was placed 2nd in the 'Poets Meet Painters' competition 2011.
Location: Swindon UK
Standard Set Answer:It's an interesting idea in deconstruction and reconstruction.
I hope to add something to my poetry.
I can help if needed.
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Recent graduate of Texas Christian University w/ BA in Writing, Film-TV-Digital Media. Now I'm freelance writing (for food, water, shelter) and working on fiction, poetry, essays, and screenplays that will hopefully make me rich and famous. (Ha!) Excited to develop a community of other poets/readers, since it's been tough post-college to find like-minded individuals.
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Location: India
Standard Set Answer:Poetry
A better understanding of poetry
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I love comedy, pop culture, cats, and books. I strive to write things that make people laugh and think. Especially about pop culture and cats.
Location: New York
Standard Set Answer:Poetry is one of my main passions. Writing it and advocating for it. I also love learning and I miss having an environment where I can engage with others and be exposed to things (ideas, poems, etc) that I probably wouldn't find on my own.
I'm really excited about this course and this website. I'm amazed that it exists and that I can participate.
I'm also the founder of an online poetry community/annual festival (poetrystock.com) that I'm trying to spread the word about.
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Hi, I'm Erica. I like old dresses and villanelles.
Location: midwest
Standard Set Answer:I started writing poems in a Lisa Frank notebook. I was 14.
Like many teen girls, I wrote poems not because I cared about poetry. On the contrary: I didn't care one fig about poetry. It was a vent, emotional gratification, a place to hide my ever-growing teen longing.
Later I began to read poems by authors ranging from Shel Silverstein to John Donne. I grew red-faced, embarrassed by the emotional urgency of my poems.
The bunny ballerina notebook went in a drawer; for many years it did not come out.
In my perceived need for sophistication, I took the pen back up in college. For a while it was all cloves and Ginsberg and Moleskine notebooks. I was writing poems, but again for the wrong reasons. I was writing to prove I could, to get a stamp of approval from a professor. To be in on something, whether it was blank verse or Dadaism. To get someone to read me as well-read, savvy, "cool"--oh how I hungered for it--when I felt more adrift than ever. In short, I was insufferable.
Now I write to navigate the space in between: trying to chart a place of emotional honesty, using whatever tools I can find. This class seems like a great way to break free of one's comfort zone, to try new things, to figure out what works and what doesn't.
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Standard Set Answer:I'd love to participate.
I find poetry is most accessible to me when I hear it read aloud. I find it least accessible, if not petrifying, if I'm promted to write it. But manipulating the words of others could be a great "gateway" experience for me!
