CN
May 22, 2024
Very personable instructor with quality content and a workshop system that works well even if you never get to actually meet your fellow poets. I was very impressed and got a lot out of this course.
SM
Jun 11, 2020
Loved the course. Douglas Kearney is amazing as an instructor. I love poetry and this workshop has made me happy during the times of COVID 19. I thank CalArts for the encouragement and appreciation.
By rick h
•May 12, 2022
Doug is excellent. Section 6 was not helpful. Some of the other studens' submissions were confusing.
By Eric N
•Dec 23, 2019
Some good ideas to progress your poems. Could be more interaction between participants.
By trish d
•Sep 2, 2015
Gently entertaining introduction to writing poetry with some good examples and advice.
By David S W
•Nov 3, 2024
This is a great, short, introductory poetry course. I learned a lot. Go Cal Arts !
By Brian m
•Nov 14, 2022
Nothing too complex
Yet full of ideas
It will get you started
Without shedding tears
By Donna A
•Jan 19, 2022
This course challenged me to think in ways I hadn't before (that's a good thing).
By Safa S S
•Oct 15, 2020
Nice experience. Very good and useful course to the English beginning poets
By Dr. S K
•Jan 21, 2019
Great course! Recommend everyone who wants to write poetry to take this up!
By Trish S
•Oct 17, 2015
Very interesting and thought provoking. I found the instructor amusing.
By Susan W
•Jun 6, 2016
I enjoyed the ideas, but the peer feedback was less than helpful.
By Chris K
•May 18, 2023
It's an alright poetry workshop, the best free one on Coursera.
By Shashank S
•May 14, 2021
Nice Course. Gave good insights and motivation to write poems
By Michelle S
•Jan 4, 2021
The prof is engaging, but it was not the course I needed.
By Ijeoma N
•Jun 15, 2024
I enjoyed every bit of this course, great teaching
By Niharika B
•Oct 8, 2015
I am finding it really interesting and helpful. :)
By AJ D
•Jun 27, 2020
Informative and creatively challenging.
By Jiri S
•Dec 29, 2023
The lecturer is very expressive. :)
By Yeddanapudi R
•Nov 30, 2022
Single best course I've taken.
By Enyang W
•Apr 23, 2021
the lecturer was soo cool!
By Sumaiya A
•Jul 23, 2016
very informative course.
By Dr.Halowine C
•Jun 29, 2016
It is a riveting
By mario g
•Nov 1, 2020
Excelente curso
By Xhanti M
•Nov 19, 2015
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By Brian B
•Aug 13, 2021
Although the level of the course is very basic (it is definitely designed for total beginners), I appreciated the opportunity to write to a prompt and with a deadline, both of which kept me motivated. That said, the peer review system was a bit disappointing; it is important for people considering this class to understand that your workshop poems are ONLY reviewed by other people taking the class at the same time as you, so you are basically at their mercy. I appreciated most of the feedback I got, but I did have one peer reviewer who just wrote "nothing" in every single space where a written comment was required. This was a bit annoying since I had worked quite hard on the feedback that I provided for her!
I also must join the (many, many) other reviewers who have commented on the antics and silly energy of the instructor. While it was obvious that he was trying to keep the viewer engaged with all the jokes, banter, etc. I must admit it did get old... for several of the videos, I turned off the sound and just read the transcription.
I would recommend this class for people who want a very basic introduction to writing and appreciating poetry. More experienced writers might be less satisfied.
By Nguyen C C A
•May 4, 2020
The course material, assignments, and the instructor are fine. The only problem I have with this is the "Peer-graded Assignment", while a lot of the time they are helpful, there is a handful of people who have no idea what they are doing. They do not read the instruction (as for grading) at all and give the wrong mark (as in technical requirement, not in whether the poem sounds good or not). For example, it said "give 2 points if response to the other prompt" and yet the "peer" give 0 point? Some people cannot read and their response show that they have no knowledge about certain types of poem and their feedbacks are even sometimes contradictory? This same problem occur in other courses as well so I will stop using Coursera due to its inttelligent "peer" grading syste.