Category: ModPo info
ModPo week 9 starts now
Please ponder these questions: Can you imagine a poem whose meaning is not intended? What if a poet, experimenting with the idea of the speaking self, decided to create a compositional process that in...
Which essays should you review first?
When you are deciding which ModPo essay to review, go to the subforum designated for the particular assignment. Then scroll through all the essays that have been posted there. To the right of each...
ModPo hacks
These ModPo hacks were enumerated and supplemented by ModPo’s fabulous Community TAs—but the main author and compiler is T. de los Reyes. So there are lifehacks, and then there are ModPo hacks—how-to’s on productivity...
ModPo’s “Resources” submenu
One of the most important elements of the ModPo site is our “Resources” tab, which is viewable in the left-side menu of almost every ModPo page. On the menu, click “Course Home” to find...
Print this ModPo flyer & post around your town
We have had several requests for a simple ModPo poster that can be downloaded or copied, and then printed—and then posted around your town to alert neighbors that ModPo is available. Here is a...
Our statement of completion: everything you need to know
Q: Will we get certificates upon completion of this course? A: Yes, we will present non-credit Statements of Completion to those who complete the course and fulfill all the requirements for such a certification....
Announcement 9/7/18: welcome to ModPo — let’s get started
Welcome to ModPo 2018. Our ten-week movement through the course begins again tomorrow, Saturday, September 8. I say “begins again” because many participants have been involved with ModPo in previous years. We created this...
Buy a ModPo mug & support our recruitment of talented young writers
Yes, you can buy one of the ModPo mugs from which you see Al and the TAs sipping coffee in the ModPo videos. Click HERE and see what’s available (mugs and more). The tiny...
ModPo 2023 (click to enroll here now)
ENROLL HERE! ** ModPo is a fast-paced introduction to modern and contemporary U.S. poetry, with an emphasis on experimental verse, from Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman to the present. Participants (who need no prior...