This course was a lot of fun. Great for beginners, yet fun and interesting and a way to kickstart people who may not have written poetry in awhile.

I truly enjoyed this course. It was fun, and still filled with useful information that guided students to the best outcome possible. Great course!

I found the week on revision especially useful. I've saved the prompts on rhyme and rhythm that I didn't do because they look like good exercises.

The professor is really passionate and knnowledgable. The course content is packed yet digestable. I have learned a lot. Very rewarding and fun.

A very entertaining and easy course to take, with important tips to be able to create your first poem, excellent material and teacher. Thank you.

Loved it! great prompts, collaborations and very clear information. Also, I really appreciate the links to other information, websites and poems

I originally took this course at Coppin State University in 2001. I missed a week and decided to withdraw. Glad I decided to retake this course.

The instructor is engaging and obviously loves poetry. This was such a fun class, I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to learn about poetry.

I loved the instructor. Very clear and relayed considerable amount of information efficiently and understandably. I felt enlivened. Thank you!

A great introduction to get you into reading and writing poetry. It also helps find your way of entertainment in poetry with very good prompts

The instructor makes the course flow easily and in a fun and engaging way. I discovered abilities I did not dream I had. Very nice experience.

Wonderful course! Absolutely enjoyed it, and I learned so much about poetry, things I knew but did not know how to use it. Thank you so much!

This review is about the course I'm taking. Poetry brings such great things to me. And best of all, poetry brings out the best in me as well.

Everything I could have wanted and more, deep gratitude to Douglas Kearney and Coursera. I felt very welcome and nurtured. 5 stars at least

Wonerful course. Taught me how to view and write poetry as an expression as well as an artform - somthing I had been missing in my practice.

The course is superb but the explosive personality of the tutor may be charming to some, but it was a bit too much and way cacophonic for me

This was a great refresher course. I knew a lot of the information, but the challenges were a great opportunity to try new forms of poetry.

Very inspiring and also very education. Instructor is engaging and selection of sample poetry is diverse. I learned a lot from this course.

Great workshop for anyone that is trying to get into the basic understanding of Poetry. Definitely improved my skills as a poet and writer.

This course was very informational and concise. I dedicated a reasonable amount of time each week and I learned a plethora of information.

Aprendí muchísimo más el enfoque poético que solo escribir por escribir. Recomendado! Excelente que este tipo de cursos estén en Coursera.

A wonderful opportunity to learn about poetry and to participate in peer reviews of poetry. One of my favorite Coursera courses/workshops!

Doug is so entertaining. I would probably take any course if he taught it but he made this poetry workshop live for me. I'm better for it.

Awesome course that i could do in my own time, learned so much about poetry and already feel like i am a better writer for it, thank you!

I took this course with my two kids. We learned a lot about Poetry.

The instructor is fun and upbeat. He made learning very interesting.