Weeks 7 & 8: Looking at Poems | The Materials of Poetry

Monday, October 3

In class:
- Lecture and discussion on poetic form and visual information
Assignment:
- In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read “Visual Poetry” “Concrete Poetry"
- Read "Mirtha Dermisache and the Limits of Language"
- Write a brief response to the Dermisache piece, thinking about the implications this has for poetry. Post in our forum before class on Wednesday.

In class:
- Lecture and discussion on poetic form and visual information
Assignment:
- Explore UBU Web Visual Poetry and UBU Web Historical reading the work of at least 6 of the listed authors or collections.
- Briefly analyze 3 works of concrete and visual poetry focusing on how the visual form contributes to the idea presented and post them in our forum before class on Monday. Include links to the works you're referencing.

In class:
- Class meets in Belk Library Makerspace
- Tinkercad workshop, led by Hannah Pope
- Work on visual poem.
Assignment:
- Bring a 3D printed copy of your concrete poem or upload one/several images of your 3D concrete poem to our forum space, accompanying it with a paragraph-long description of your work.
- Due on Wednesday, October 26.