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...
Category: ModPo info
ModPo 2025 (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...
Support ModPo
Support ModPo with a gift! To make a donation to our Digital Poetries Fund, click HERE. To donate to our Student Access Fund, click HERE. The ModPo team, based here at the Kelly Writers...
Handy ModPo links
Here are some handy ModPo and ModPo-related links. Please let us know if we should add more. Send your suggestions to modpo@writing.upenn.edu. Important links: ModPo enrollment page on Coursera: LINK Enter the ModPo site...
Who we are
Al Filreis is the founder and creator of ModPo (during the spring and summer of 2012) and has been leading ModPo ever since, one of the first humanities MOOCs. More about Al here. Laynie...
Follow us on social media
Follow ModPo on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/modpo/ Twitter: @modpopenn https://twitter.com/modpopenn Instagram: @mod_po https://www.instagram.com/mod_po/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/modpopennvideo/videos Follow Kelly Writers House on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KellyWritersHouse Twitter: @kellywritershse https://twitter.com/kellywritershse Instagram: @kellywritershouse https://www.instagram.com/kellywritershouse/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/KellyWritersHouse/videos Follow PennSound on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PennSound-27886305953/ Twitter: @pennsound https://twitter.com/pennsound YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/pennsound/videos Follow PoemTalk: At Jacket2: https://jacket2.org/content/poem-talk At...
Contact us
Contact us by writing to modpo@writing.upenn.edu. You can also call the Kelly Writers House at 215-746-POEM.
A call to K-12 teachers
This is for teachers of K-12 arts & humanities: ModPo is a free 10-week course on modern poetry. Since its founding in 2012 teachers and their students have enrolled and enjoyed the poems, videos...