In this six-week workshop, we'll explore the development of modern poetry and the ways in which it can inspire us today. With Kenneth Koch's and Kate Farrell?s "Sleeping on the Wing: An Anthology of Modern Poetry" as a starting point, we'll read selections from poets such as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, and Gary Snyder. With Koch and Farrell?s accessible essays to guide us, we'll experiment, both in class and at home with some of the innovative approaches these and other moderns pioneered. By the end of the workshop, participants will have gained some insight into modern poetry and developed ways to incorporate its energy and adventurousness into their own work.