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For this week's prompt, write a fresh start poem. Today is the first day of 2025, so the year is a clean slate. But you don't have to write a 2025 poem; fresh starts can be made anywhere and in many ...

For this week's prompt, write an appraisal poem. Of course, people are used to concepts such as home appraisals and appraising jewelry. However, the poem could be a self-appraisal, or appraise ...

Will Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” usher in a new era of poetry appreciation? Delaney Atkins, a part-time instructor at Austin Peay State University who teaches a ...

For all the would-be wordsmiths out there, I've got nine books to read if you want to write poetry but don't know where to start. Pull out your favorite journal or note-taking app now and jot down a ...

Practice in the original composition of poetry supplemented by the reading and analysis of standard works. Each student is expected to prepare a manuscript each week. There will be a weekly workshop ...

This section of Creative Writing introduces students to poetry writing as process and practice. Students will explore imaginative composition through directed exercises in writing poetry and poetic ...