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DID YOU KNOW THAT I TEACH AN ONLINE POETRY COURSE?

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Hi There!

Thank you for expressing interest in Poems That Don’t Suck: An Online Intensive Writing Course led by yours truly. Over sixty writers before you have already completed the course and have come out the other end of it with bolder, braver, and better poems. I hope you’ll join along for the bloom-journey in what will be the fifth cohort of the class.

Here’s some things you should know:

There are no specific days you need to be available for the course. Lessons (and prompts!) will be posted on Wednesdays, students will have until Sunday to post their poem in response, and until Tuesday to provide edits and feedback for the classmates within their assigned editing group.
All lessons (which include poetic theory, prompts, inspiration, video and text examples, discussion questions and style prompts) will be posted on Google+.
Students are expected to write a minimum of one new poem a week and read three poetry collections of their choosing in the six weeks. They will also be required to participate in discussions, provide feedback for their classmates, post two videos of themselves performing, attend at least one office hours session (online), and submit their poetry to an online journal as a final project.
Poems That Don’t Suck is intended for all poetry levels. It is my belief that the most experienced poet can learn from the beginner, and vice versa. The class is a no-bullshit approach to writing that asks hard questions in order to create raw, honest, and impactful poetry.
The course is six weeks long (will run from April 2nd - May 7th. ) In that time you will grow more than you can imagine. 
The course tuition is $150.00. This amount can be spread out over 2 payments of $75.00, or 3 payments of $50.00. If you wish to stagger your payments, you will be required to sign a contract which acknowledges that you will complete the payment regardless of whether you complete the course assignments.
All tuition payments can be made via PayPal.
While the syllabus is subject to change, previous lesson plans have included: persona poems, family poems, political poems, love poems, poems you are not the hero of, form poems, funny poems, and identity poems. I will adjust the syllabus towards what I feel the students need.
From me you can expect thorough and detailed lesson plans, engaging/exciting/original prompts, one-on-one feedback for your work, office hours availability for extra help, butt-kicking, personalized writing/reading assignments, and the active promotion of a “Safer Space.” 

If you are interested in applying, please send:

A separate e-mail with the subject line “Poems That Don’t Suck: Application” to meganfalley@gmail.com
In that e-mail include your name (the one you wish to be called), preferred gender pronoun, reason for wanting to take the course, and include (in the body of the e-mail, not an attachment) either the text or a video link of your best written poem to date.
Applications are due by March 23rd. 
Tuition, or a first installment ($50.00) is due by March 29th. 
If accepted into the course, you will be required to make a Google+ account, so why not go ahead and make one now. Manifest your dreams.

Please let me know if you have any questions. I hope to write with you soon.

Megan Falley

You deserve to spend more time reading. You deserve to write...

You deserve to spend more time reading. You deserve to write poems that scare you. You deserve a healthy writing community and an instructor who wants to see your work bloom. You deserve to learn as much as you can about how to write the best poems possible. You deserve this class.

-Cutting School by Megan Falley

-Cutting School by Megan Falley

jeanannverlee:"Finally I Allow Him the Pen" by Jeanann Verlee,...

jeanannverlee:

"Finally I Allow Him the Pen" by Jeanann Verlee, published at Anti-:

[http://anti-poetry.com/verleeje1/]

"Right off the bat, from the first lecture [of "Poems That Don’t Suck"], I could feel myself..."

“"Right off the bat, from the first lecture [of "Poems That Don’t Suck"], I could feel myself becoming a better writer during this course. It is hard. It pushes you in ways that are scary. It requires a lot of time. But at the end of the course I find myself a vastly better poet then when I went in. This class was the best thing I have done for myself and my writing in years. "”

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Megan Waring

THAT BEING SAID - I’M TEACHING ANOTHER ROUND OF MY ONLINE POETRY COURSE. E-MAIL MEGANFALLEY@GMAIL.COM IF YOU’RE KEEN ON IT.

germmagazine:Cutting School by Megan Falley"One girl tells...

germmagazine:

Cutting School
by Megan Falley

"One girl tells her lab partner to have fun on the roller coasters during the physics field trip, it’s okay, she’ll do all the work. One girl sends a Valentine to herself."

Celebratory Productive Shot.

Celebratory Productive Shot. 

I haven’t changed since High School, which means, first...

I haven’t changed since High School, which means, first warm day of the year and I am in love with everything.

MEGAN FALLEY ARE YOU THE GAY COUSIN OMG I CAN'T STOP SMILING!!! (i mean, love however you do; if you're the gay cousin, thats damn cool and just really really gr8.) :)

lol WHAT. is this a cousin? 

fridayshaddith:Thinking about the effect day light savings would have on Megan Falley’s poem “What...

fridayshaddith:

Thinking about the effect day light savings would have on Megan Falley’s poem “What the house hand said to the minute hand”

GREAT QUESTION!