Sharpened Visions

I love this course, Sharpened Visions, so much.

His video lectures are so much fun to watch that I find myself wishing that his course would last forever.

He made it so much fun, that I found myself laughing out loud several times.

I learned so much.

There is so much to learn and so many opportunities to help you improve your writing.

fantastic course - only slight issues are quizzes that seek to trick you on the way they are worded rather than actual knowledge, and slight america-centric-ness of the material used (although all material was still fantastic, an example or two from non western poets might have been interesting to add) I have learned so much and I love D's energy and the avid participation of the other students.

I am so much more knowledgeable now.

Thank you so much.

This course has so much substance in it, very engaging and lively.

I am learning so much!

of using peer reviews to pass the class.

I don't know who finally passed me, I think the peer review process is a shambles, and it lets Coursera personnel out of the process of doing grading and opens a can of worms with an incompetent peer reviewer having the power to not pass me.

I don't think I will be taking creative writing classes again at Coursera, as going through that broken peer review process and having one mentor being off the wall just wasn't worth my time and anxiety.

I enjoyed this course so much i wish it didn't have to end.The peer review experience in this course is completely fun and enriching.Even if you think you'd be terrible at writing poetry, just give it a go!

I learned so many new things about writing poetry both from the professor and the peer reviews.

The peer review as a workshop is perfect.I just wish that there are more poems to study and that it's longer or it has a continuation.

I assume that instructor involvement in project revision is impossible in this kind of online course; but perhaps, if the issue is that people aren't getting their work reviewed, there could be an incentive for reviewers, for example, get an instructor/mentor review, if you submit at least, say, 10 thorough peer reviews.

Peer reviews can be a gamble.

Would love to see more peer reviews (didn't get any on my poems yet).

Best of luck!Katya A wonderful opportunity to learn about poetry and to participate in peer reviews of poetry.

I recommend adding a video which models how NOT to peer review and how to skillfully peer review.

I also recommend deleting the point system for the peer review of poetry submissions, doing so will allow the writer to reflect on the insights shared and experiment with revision without worrying about a grade.

I really loved this course!

Loved this course.

I Just loved this course.

I loved this course.

Sharpened Visions is really highly recommended.

This was such a fun class, I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to learn about poetry.

I would highly recommend it to anyone.

As a former English teacher I highly recommend this for introduction, review, or refinement, to accompany a poetry unit ages 16 and up.

I highly recommend this for anyone looking to improve their poetry or learn about poetry!

I'd like to thank M. Douglas Kearney, Calarts and Coursera for this course.

Prof. Douglas Kearney is an excellent and entertaining instructor with a lot of wisdom to impart.

Douglas Kearney is the best teacher I ever had.

This is one of the most enjoyable classes I've taken on Coursera, and it's all Douglas Kearney's fault.

Douglas Kearney is the coolest of them all instructors :) Nice course!

I Everything I could have wanted and more, deep gratitude to Douglas Kearney and Coursera.

Thanks to Douglas Kearney & crew for helping me to see where I can improve to produce better works of poetry.

It was really informational and Douglas Kearney did a WONDERFUL job in teaching!!!

Douglas Kearney is such an amazing professor.

I would have preferred the teacher or the mentors to be grading them since they are presumably well versed with the art of poetry and the various techniques involved in their creation.

:) I highly recommend it to anyone who loves to read and write poetry and to people who want to learn and get new skills and ideas in the art of poetry writing.

I gained such a deeper appreciation and understanding of the art of poetry and have even submitted the two poems I workshopped here, 'Old Ghosts' and 'The Toenail and the Horn-Bowl' for publication.

I was able to learn a lot from the tutor and also from my peers.

And I learnt a lot from my peers too!

I found it helpful to receive feedback from my peers.