The Writing Lab: Poetry Forms

Learn some basic elements of poetry writing, as we explore the wonderful world of form and sound! After a brief talk on the subject and some discussion, students will work on some writing exercises with the goal of finishing a draft of a poem by the end of our session. We’ll explore traditional forms like the sonnet and ghazal and the more musical elements of language: assonance, alliteration, rhyme and meter, etc.

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This class is taught by SPPC cofounder Thom Caraway. He served as Spokane's first poet laureate, from 2013-2015. His poetry collections include A Visitor's Guide to North Dakota, and What the Sky Lacks (Korrektiv P 2019). He has taught poetry and other courses at Whitworth University since 2008.