GCREA 5407 Writing Poems: Using Nature, Using Ourselves
In the poem, the exterior world can be used to illuminate interior experience, as metaphor, as psychic setting, or as cue for universal feeling. First, we will study the largesse of the natural world (landscape, animals, flora) to discover the sensory and visual impact there. We will read some contemporary poets who use nature as a primary focus. Within the supportive milieu of a workshop, each member will have the opportunity to write extensively.