ENROLL HERE! ** ModPo is a fast-paced introduction to modern and contemporary U.S. poetry, with an emphasis on experimental verse, from Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman to the present. Participants (who need no prior...
This poem was written by Bob Perelman probably in 1987. The poem appeared in the literary magazine o·blék and was subsequently selected for The Best American Poetry 1988, edited by David Lehman with John...
The ModPo team traveled to Manchester and recorded a number of new discussions of poems—many of them from the anthology titled The Ground Aslant. These videos will be edited and added to ModPoPLUS in...
This poem was first published in the Partisan Review in 1956 and then appeared in Moore’s book O to Be a Dragon in 1959. Moore read “Values in Use” publicly on October 10, 1957,...
“Silence” was first published in The Dial in 1924. It was collected in Moore’s book Observations also in 1924. Moore did not actually know her father. Her parents separated before her birth, and her...
Click HERE for a copy of the prose poem along with bibliographical information.
Before we go to Manchester, some of us will be spending a few days in London. Our remarkable ModPo coordinator, the eminent poet Laynie Browne, will be giving two poetry readings in London. See...
Our beloved ModPo communitarian C.J. Prince left us not too long ago. A group of C.J.’s ModPo friends have gotten together to create a montage group reading/performance in her memory. The project has been...
Here is the schedule of weekly live webcasts for ModPo 2026 (the symposium mode, from early September though mid-November): Week 1 – Wed 9/2 – noonWeek 2 – Wed 9/9 – 10 AMWeek 3...
Here is a single link to YouTube that will take you to all the livestreams for the weekly interactive webcasts we will host during ModPo 2026 (early September through mid-November):
You might recall that ModPo and the Kelly Writers House hosted a weekend poetry retreat back in April—at Frost Valley in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. The spaces reserved for that weekend...
NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any of our 2025 webcasts.
Week 1 – Wed 9/2 – noon
Week 2 – Wed 9/9 – 10 AM
Week 3 – Wed 9/16 – 3 PM
Week 4 – Wed 9/23 – noon (w/ Ron Silliman)
Week 5 – Thursday 10/1 (in Manchester) 6:30 local time
Week 6 – Wed 10/7 – 3 PM
Week 7 – Wed 10/14 – 3 PM (w/ Anne Waldman)
Week 8 – Wed 10/21 – noon (w/ Bob Perelmant)
Week 9 – Wed 10/28 – 10 AM
Week 10 – Wed 11/4 – 3 PM (w/ Emily Skillings & Mark Nowak)
Final Words – Monday 11/9 – noon
Yes, you can take ModPo for University of Pennsylvania credit. A 10-week session is offered each year fall. This version of ModPo is taught by ModPo coordinator Laynie Browne. Click HERE for all the info you need. Contact Laynie with questions at modpo@writing.upenn.edu.
ModPo has created a Teacher Resource Center (“TRC“) for teachers who use ModPo poems & videos in their classrooms. Click HERE to read teaching guides and watch videos in which teachers talk about teaching with ModPo. If you wish to be added to our teachers mailing list, write us at modpo@writing.upenn.edu. Click HERE to discuss ModPo poems with other teachers.
