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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Yesterday Al was hanging around at a Kelly Writers House open house (for Penn’s homecoming day). A ModPo’er who is not affiliated with Penn other than through ModPo, who happened to be in Philly...
Go HERE to see an interesting discussion about form and content. One of my responses is below.
Celina found a wonderful prompt for her mesostic re-writing. Below is her explanation & here is where you can find her mesostic poem: https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo/discussions/all/threads/whmWHOUkEeim-Ap6C5Wgvg
NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any of our 2024 webcasts.
Week 1 — Wed, Sept 3 – 3 PM
Week 2 – Wed, Sept 10 – NOON (with Ariel Resnikoff)
Week 3 – Wed, Sept 17 – 8:30 PM
Week 4 – Wed, Sept 24 – 3 PM
Week 5 – Wed, Oct 1 – NOON
Week 6 – Thursday, Oct 9 – New York City (time & location, TBD)
Week 7 – Wed, Oct 15 — NOON
Week 8 – Wed, Oct 22 — 3 PM (with Sarah Riggs)
Week 9 – Wed, Oct 29 – 10 AM (with Marcella Durand)
Week 10 – Wed, Nov 5– 8:30 PM
FINAL WORDS – Mon, Nov 10 – 11 AM
Yes, you can take ModPo for University of Pennsylvania credit. Three 10-week sessions are offered each year: fall, spring, summer. This version of ModPo is taught by ModPo coordinator Laynie Browne. Click HERE for all the info you need. Contact Laynie with questions at modpo@writing.upenn.edu.
ModPo has created a Teacher Resource Center (“TRC“) for teachers who use ModPo poems & videos in their classrooms. Click HERE to read teaching guides and watch videos in which teachers talk about teaching with ModPo. If you wish to be added to our teachers mailing list, write us at modpo@writing.upenn.edu. Click HERE to discuss ModPo poems with other teachers.
