This final of a four-course sequence, the mastery-level class is designed to strengthen student expertise in the study, analysis, and application of the tools, techniques, and forms of poetry used by established and contemporary poets. By crafting and submitting original poems, students use the writers' workshop to refine their skills as critics and poets, as well as explore avenues for publication. Students have opportunites for publication, public readings of their own work, and special projects. (CSU/UC)