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Poetry II

WRITING X 431.2

Refine your knowledge of poetry while expanding your craft techniques in this workshop for writers with previous experience writing poems.

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Live Online
In Person
Starting at $720.00
As few as 10 weeks
3.0

What you can learn.

  • Examine lyrical and innovative language in poems
  • Refine your personal poetic voice
  • Enhance your knowledge of structure, imagery, metaphor, and pace
  • Produce and refine work that challenges you to go further

About this course:

For those with some previous training in poetry, this intermediate workshop focuses on creating work which emphasizes lyrical and innovative language, personal insight and individual voice. In addition, you refine your knowledge of a number of the craft's formal elements, including structure, imagery, metaphor and pace, in order to stretch the boundaries of your creative experience. The goal is to produce work which is ambitious and resonant.
Prerequisites

WRITING X 431.1 Poetry I or comparable workshop experience.

Winter 2025 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Thursday 5:00PM - 8:00PM PT
Canceled
See Details
Instructor: Benin Lemus
400645
Fee:
$720.00
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Location: Remote Classroom
Notes

No meeting February 20, 2025. 

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. 

This course is held via video teleconference. Instructors use Zoom to offer live class meetings at the designated class meeting time. Students must be present at the course meeting time as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation. Please inform your instructor if you will miss a class meeting. You are responsible for any class information you missed. We suggest you arrange with a fellow classmate to share their notes when feasible.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after January 23, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith
Time Is A Mother by Ocean Vuong
Bread & Circus by Aires D. Matthews
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Online
Thu Jan 9, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Jan 16, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Jan 23, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Jan 30, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Feb 6, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Feb 13, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Feb 27, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Mar 6, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Mar 13, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Thu Mar 20, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom

Spring 2025 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Thursday 7:00PM - 10:00PM PT
Future Offering (Opens February 03, 2025 12:00:00 AM)
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Instructor: Rick Bursky
402344
Fee:
$720.00
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Location: UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required. 

This course meets in person at the designated class meeting time and location. Students must be present at the course meeting time as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation. Please inform your instructor if you will miss a class meeting. You are responsible for any class information you missed. We suggest you arrange with a fellow classmate to share their notes when feasible.

Refund Deadline
Refunds only available from February 03, 2025 to April 13, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
A Poet’s Craft, A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Sharing Your Poetry by Annie Finch
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Discussion
Thu Apr 3, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 213
Discussion
Thu Apr 10, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 213
Discussion
Thu Apr 17, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 213
Discussion
Thu Apr 24, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 213
Discussion
Thu May 1, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 213
Discussion
Thu May 8, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 213
Discussion
Thu May 15, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 213
Discussion
Thu May 22, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 213
Discussion
Thu May 29, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 213
Discussion
Thu Jun 5, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 213

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