In this advanced poetry writing class, the focus of the course will be twofold: one the workshop and one an examination on the relationship between forms (closed and open, to use the language of Charles Olson). Of the latter, we will think about and practice the ways in which forms can function with, and perhaps, against, our own creative impulses, as well as the ideas of poetry (content, history, genre, school, etc.). Through a combination of workshops and presentations, we will focus on how we as poets might use what poets have done to investigate ways of writing that seem a little outside our usual ways of thinking. Must be enrolled in one of the following Classifications: Junior, Fifth Year, or Senior. Pre-req of LLSW 3520 Intermediate Poetry minimum grade of C.