Poem by a ModPo’er poet
In the ModPo forums ModPo’er Lauren Elle DeGaine told us of her chapbook, “The Landscape We Left on Each Other.” Just now I read these poems with pleasure. Here is one that is especially intriguing (and...
Author: Al Filreis
Final Words 2018: a few photos
ModPo 2018 final words webcast. Here are some photos from the KWH point of view of this annual worldwide gathering.
Al & Jason on the radicalism of meaning co-creation
AL: Meaning making takes a little bit of a turn here in week nine, because the meaning gets created unintentionally. So, what’s the future of meaning? And, where does meaning go from here? And,...
A Dada poem made by procedurally writing through a dadaist’s writing
Dada Squared. A ModPo person has made a dada poem by procedurally writing through a dadaist’s writing. Please read and comment here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/discussions/all/threads/xtJwf-ioEeivog5utGlu8g?utm_medium=email&utm_source=other&utm_campaign=opencourse.discourse.modpo~opencourse.discourse.yeli1ehUEeSBtCIAC3lLIA.xtJwf-ioEeivog5utGlu8g
Earning the ModPo certificate
If it is your intention to receive a ModPo certificate, please contact us as modpo@writing.upenn.edu. In that email please include a link (or “URL” or web address) to your ModPo profile page. The easiest...
Update during our final weekend of ModPo 2018
ModPo 2018 ends on Monday with our annual Final Words webcast, as I’ve noted previously. But really what’s ending is what we call our “symposium mode,” our annual run through the ten weeks of...
Final Words thread & webcast & voicemail
We have more week 10 poems to discuss, and there are more essay-assignments for you to read and review, BUT… we have created a “Final Words” thread HERE. Is there something you want to...
call for responses to ModPo’ers’ poem-essays
You’ll find in the ModPo site currently a number of really creative “uncreative” responses to assignment #4. People took such pleasure from this experimental poem-making task! You’ll see all the poems in THIS subforum. As usual...
ModPo update for Monday of week 10 (including info about “final words”)
This week our live webcast will begin at 8 PM Philadelphia time on Wednesday, November 14. Please plan to join us! As you know—our last live webcast of the season will happen next Monday,...
Al’s update at the start of week 10 (2018)
Week 10! Yes, today we begin week 10. It’s our final week of the so-called “symposium mode” of ModPo. Each (northern hemisphere) autumn, from September to late-mid-November, we move through the ten weeks of...