with James Hollis

Poets observe, reflect, write, reflect, and write again, and in so doing they ask us to stop and reflect a bit more than we might otherwise. The poets we’ll read in this course range from Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson to Sharon Olds and Stephen Dunn. Loosely arranged around the topics of Desire, Troubled Times, Discoveries, and Speculations, these poems will stir in you questions, provocations, and openings to your own depths.