Poetry Writing
Creative Workshop (suitable for beginner, intermediate and advanced students)
Taught by Joshua Edwards and Lynn Xu, or David Perry, or Sawako Nakayasu.
Click here for Joshua and Lynn's profiles.
Click here for David's profile.
Click here for Sawako's profile.

These are not our grandparent's rhymes, nor are they the stuff of hallmark cards.  But, if you are passionate about language in all its infinite variety, we invite you to come and experience – by actively reading and writing poetry – a journey into some alternative, imaginative, and unexpected uses for words, phrases, utterances, and exclamations of every sort and manner.  Let's discover together how poetry can inhabit all of these ideas, and vice versa.  Through in-class and take-home exercises, we will explore various sources of poetry – engaging your own memory, consciousness, perception, and attention – while developing the craft and skills to express yourself in a unique and authentic voice.  We will "make the familiar strange," play surrealist games, take haiku walks, work with Oulipo constraints, rewrite/recaption manga, movies, and other media, practice experimental readings, and much more.  For all levels, ages, and sensibilities.

Course Title: Poetry Writing
Tuition Fee: RMB 3200

Spring Session 2010: March 9th to May 15th

Section A: Tuesday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)  Registration Closed
10 weeks from March 9th to May 11th (Course Code: PT103)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section B: Tuesday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)  Registration Closed
10 weeks from March 9th to May 11th (Course Code: PT104)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section C: Saturday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)  Registration Closed
10 weeks from March 13th to May 15th (Course Code: PT105)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

Registration Procedure:
Please register online first to reserve your place.  You will then receive a confirmation email with further details.  Next, payment must be made on site at the ELC Learning Annex during the payment dates shown below (you can come in person or send someone).

Tuition payment for the Spring Session 2010 will take place on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, February 26th, 27th, 28th, and March 1st, 2010, between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m..  Payments will be received in Ground-Floor Classroom at our ELC Learning Annex.  Click here for map.

Please note: classes are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 6 and 12 people).  Register early to reserve your place.  Payment must be received on time to complete your enrollment and maintain your reservation in the class(es) for which you have registered.  (Any course that does not meet sufficient enrollment may be cancelled and a full refund provided upon presentation of your original receipt.)
 

For detailed information, please feel free to contact one of our program coordinators: Telephone: 55889133 Fax: 55889133 EMAIL: inquiry(at)shanghai-classes.com
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