Spring 2025 OLLI Digital Catalog

Aspiring Poets (K202-7)

K – Writing

Calling adventurous poets! Stretch yourself. Work on honing your craft and help fellow classmates develop theirs. In this six-week online class we write and share two poems one lyrical and one narrative based on Gerry LaFemina’s book, Composing Poetry: A Guide to Writing Poems and Thinking Lyrically. Sign up for either the Monday or Wednesday online session of this course. Required text: Composing Poetry: A Guide to Writing Poems and Thinking Lyrically by Gerry LaFemina; ISBN: 978-1-4652-9581-1.

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This offering meets for a total of 6 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Betsey Cullen

CULLEN, BETSEY–B.A., University of Rochester, M.A., Cornell University. Began writing poetry at an OLLI poetry workshop in 2007. Work published in online journals, print journals and anthologies. Second prize-winning chapbook, We Hold the Bones, published in fall 2022.

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