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Open Submissions Call
For all interested in submitting work: The editors of Conte, an online journal of narrative writing founded in 2005, announce an open submissions call for poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for...
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Poetry in Berkeley
Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:30 Moe’s Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley (510/849-2087 Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by with Nina Corwin, The Uncertainty of Maps, and Andrena Zawinski,...
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Poetry & Symbolism
by Nick (’15) In his essay “The Concept of ‘Romanticism’ in Literary History,” René Wellek quotes Earl Wasserman: “the creation of a poem is also the creation of the cosmic wholeness that gives meaning...
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Stargazing
We grab the black binoculars With the thick black strap And the book about constellations And a beach towel We get into the car Sit in the leather seats, And you drive as I gaze out the window At the...
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if you think this is about you, it probably is
by Shanna (’13) i didn’t eat for 3 days and 3 stupid boys told me i looked skinny enough to toss in a bed and i broke 3 nails punching them out you’re scared of me because i curse like it’s my first...
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[DR]: 10/30, Facing Fears in Poetic Expression
by Clare (’18) Two weeks into Creative Writing One’s poetry unit, with Halloween and the end of the marking period looming near, we have arrived at a point where few brave writers have ventured before:...
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Drawing Inspiration from the Bay Swim by Anna Geiger
On September 28th, the SOTA creative writing department visited the Dolphin Club, which is a private establishment bordering the San Francisco bay where members can swim in the ocean or spend time on...
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Reading Poetry by Isaac Schott-Rosenfield
I started reading poetry again. Not that I really had stopped, but I hadn’t read any in maybe months. I’d been in a fiction unit in school, which meant reading it and writing strictly prose for class,...
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Feminist Poetry by Thalia Rose
Last Tuesday, CW alumna Mollie Cueva (Class of 2013) visited CW1 and taught a lesson about feminist poetry and intersectionality. Definitions (convened by Mollie Cueva) Feminism: the belief in the...
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Flexible Poetry by Davis DuBose-Marler
Currently in Creative Writing Two, which consists of sometimes apathetic juniors and seniors, we have been in the midst of an exhilarating poetry unit where there are virtually no boundaries. Every day...
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A Discussion on Sappho and Commas by Ren Weber
Today the entirety of Creative Writing had a long and passionate conversation about the American school grading system (and the problems that entail). Then, with only forty minutes of class left, CWII...
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Poetry? by Julieta Roll
In Creative Writing we are currently in our Poetry Unit. This means that at the beginning of art CW 2 (seniors and juniors) and CW 1 (sophomores and freshman) split and go into their own classes to...
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Poetry For Survival by Thalia Rose
A question that often comes up is, “Why do you write?” In my department, we have used this as a generative exercise; and outside of the department, the question recurs in conversation. It takes a...
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Spring Poetry by Dalia Harb
For the past month, Creative Writing has been in our poetry unit. In this unit, the sophomores have each taught a one-to-two day lesson surrounding their culture. This unit has been enchanting and...
View ArticleA Poem Every Day by Hannah Duane
With the onset of winter, the Literary Arts department has begun poetry, so for the past week Creative Writing 1 has been writing and analyzing poems daily. I have been enjoying the simplicity of...
View ArticleFunicular by Sequoia Hack
Lately, I have been thoroughly enjoying playing with form in poetry. Our current six-week unit, poetry, has enabled me to freely experiment with the shape of the work I produce. We were recently...
View ArticleThe Poetry Unit by Nadja Goldberg
We are now entering the fourth week of our six week poetry unit. In this unit we have discussed and practiced many aspects of poetry: the traditional forms (sonnets, quatrains, etc.), rhyme schemes,...
View ArticleHaiku by Xuan Ly
For the past month, Heather has led the freshmen and sophomores through a six-week poetry unit. We have read and analyzed many wonderful poems such as E.E. Cummings’ “Chanson Innocente,” Dylan Thomas’...
View ArticleThe Sophomore Poetry Lessons by Eva Whitney
For the six weeks preceding Winter Break, the Creative Writing Department focused on poetry. We split into Creative Writing One and Creative Writing Two, or, more simply, the underclassmen and...
View ArticleKar Johnson by Angelica LaMarca
Kar Johnson In Creative Writing II, the juniors and seniors have recently completed a unit with artist in residence Kar Johnson, where we studied the “personal” and “political” and how these labels may...
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