If you were absent today, please see me to pick up three handouts:
1. Author Presentation
2. Criteria for Weekly Poems
3. How to write responses to monthly guest authors and responses to literary events
Also, if you were absent, ask me for your own private exercise.
Day 1: I'll collect a poem from each of you. We'll assign an author to each pair and a date for your presentation. I'll book a period in the library for your research. Ideally, on day 5.
Oct. 5 Patrick Lane is coming to class. Please visit his website www.patricklane.ca and pick up his books at the library. You may need to visit the local library. You can research their catalogue http://catalogue.gvpl.ca/ A quick glimpse reveals that they have 18 of his books and multiple copies of each. That gives you an idea of his stature in Can. Lit.
I'm really looking forward to reading your work.
If you haven't finished today's poem, yet, that's okay. You may finish it for day 3.
Tomorrow, I'll collect your first edited poem and we'll also read out the poem you wrote using the great list of elements.
Remember: I do not accept any late work on the weekly poems and it is ideal that you have edited your submission several times before submitting it so that we can work together on the components that really count: communicating your art to the reader.
Have a good night. Day 10 nights will forever be demonized now that day 1 equals two poems due. Add scary laugh here.
Toodles.
This week, we'll focus on adding unique details to a poem and when you need to add more detail and when you need to subtract detail.
