Literary Circles

LITERARY CIRCLES: EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY

For your first lit circle this semester, you will be choosing a contemporary American poet to read, discuss, and hopefully contact over the next few weeks. Your first task will be to choose a living American poet to study by _____________. Once your choice has been approved, you will be encouraged to purchase or borrow (from a public or university library) one or more of his/her collections of poetry. If this proves to be a problem, please see your teacher to discuss other options.

Listed below are some sites that might be helpful:

• Poets.org from The Academy of American Poets
• Modern American Poetry

• Wikipedia. List of Poets from the United States

As we discuss these authors in class, it is important that we have a working knowledge of several poetic devices. Here is a comprehensive list that should help us with this.