Why write short poems? They’re fun.They’re challenging. They help you to be concise and get to the heart of what you want to say, and to dive deep. They enable a more detailed critique of their language. We’re going to look at and discuss the structure and language of short pieces, from haiku-inspired American Sentences to forms like the triolet and free verse structures, as well as write to assignments (they will be focused, but broad enough to accommodate any subject that’s on your mind).