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 2012: March 6th to May 12th

Section A: Tuesday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 6th to May 8th (Course Code: PT103)
Location: ELC Learning Center

Section B: Tuesday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 6th to May 8th (Course Code: PT104)
Location: ELC Learning Center

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

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 Center during the payment dates shown below (you can come in person or send someone).

Tuition payment for the Spring Session 2012 will take place from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, from Monday, February 20th through Monday, February 27th, 2012.  Payments will be received in the Registration Office at the ELC Learning Center.  Click here for map.

Please note: classes are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 8 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.)