Haiku and Senryu
Instructor: Susan Campion (sgalletti)Includes a free two month upgraded membership! Details
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Duration: Four Weeks
Class Size: 8 Students
Seats Left: 6
In addition, students will write and analyze haiku and senryu and work with each other to edit work for possible publication.
The class will meet on Sundays from 3-5 PM, PST, beginning September 7. There will be four sessions in September.
This class is highly recommended for poets new to short Japanese poetry forms, or poets who want to refresh and update their thinking around haiku and senryu. It is highly recommended for any one who would like to participate in more advanced classes, including a class to be offered in October on haibun.
Week 1: Introductions. History and definition (clarification) about haiku. Japanese aesthetics and why they matter.
Week 2: Analysis of haiku.
Week 3: History and definition (clarification) around senryu. Discussion of meaning of satire, wit and "play on words."
Week 4: Analysis of senryu poems. Wrap-up and unanswered questions.
Instructor: Susan Campion
About The Instructor:
Susan Galletti Campion has been published in multiple education journals and books as well as several poetry anthologies. She was the Editor of Schools in the Middle magazine for five years, as the Associate Executive Director of the largest professional organization of middle and high school principals in the world (NASSP). In that capacity, she also provided professional development to principals in over 34 states and understands and appreciates constructivist teaching, facilitation, and the positives of creating a learning community. Susan holds a Doctorate degree from the University of Washington and majored in English at San Diego State University. Susan facilitated the creation of the ground-breaking book of senryu, kyoka and haiga entitled Pieces of Her Mind, working with women writers from around the world. She is a recognized poet on FanStory and received the trophy as the Top 5 Poet in 2010.