NOV. 16/17

We will look at Mike's prose poem from the old packet
("The Judgement of the Righteous")

How does it succeed, but how could it be better?

Also, we'll, if we get to them, do Carrie's, Jeff's,
and Joe's prose poems in the packets of prose poems
I handed out previously . . .

In Tuesday's class we'll look at Ly's prose poem, and Alicia's,
and Amanda's, and the two flarf poems--Jayme's and Alicia's
again . . .

Okay, mostly for you to know . . . the same old same old . . .

There could be a test on this fiction chapter, so . . .

Read of the fiction chapter and the story "Snow" in Burroway.

And Jayme, I wasn't snapping at you! And Tarl, if you have a
question interrupt and ask it. Not only that--but the class
has had some start and stop energy in it due to schedules . . .

I'll hand the rest of the poems back in both classes
and we'll look at prose poems (on Mon/Tues), and now
we are looking for some odinary narrative
logic, though you CAN write an elliptical prose
poem . . . but we'll get more of a sense of telling, story, plot . . .
and this will be even more evident with the longer story.

The Burroway Chapter really does do a good job at getting
at what's essential--but it also is saying in different ways
what I said about "Reunion" and "No One's a Mystery."