| Assignment Topic (Sunday) | Student Poems Posted (Wednesday) | Online Critiques (Saturday) | |
| First Week 23 September Voice and Observation |
27 September | 30 September | |
| Second Week 1 October The Unpunctuated Poem |
4 October | 7 October | |
| Third Week 8 October Syntax: Line Length, Phrasing and Pacing |
11 October | 14 October | |
| Fourth Week 15 October Forms: Accentual and Syllabic |
18 October | 21 October | |
| Fifth Week 22 October Compression and Diction |
25 October | 28 October | |
| Sixth Week 29 October Metaphor and Simile |
1 November | 4 November | |
| Seventh Week 5 November The Poetry of Personal Mythology |
8 November | 11 November | |
| Eighth Week 12 November Revisions and Class Evaluations |
15 November | 18 November |