Learner Reviews & Feedback for Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop by California Institute of the Arts
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CD
Jun 25, 2025
Excellent material taught in an accessible way. Wonderful to share my own work and receive feedback and learn the critical thinking skills to give useful feedback also to others. Great stuff
LC
May 26, 2021
A brilliant course with an enthusiastic tutor! I found the peer rating system difficult to use, but it would be worth signing up just for the videos, so I haven't taken off any stars for that...
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By Larry W
鈥Mar 22, 2018
Engaging and informative but not overwhelming. A wonderful introduction to the various components of poetry.
By Gustavo A G A
鈥Aug 29, 2017
Extraordinario maestro. Gran curso. Hace que la poes铆a sea algo asequible para todos. Altamente recomendable
By Xie W
鈥Mar 10, 2017
It's a lot of fun to study this course, especially the peer review could be very rewarding and entertaining.
By Mariam
鈥Apr 11, 2017
The setup and information provided and partnered with prompts is really helpful in aquiring greater skills.
By Joseph F
鈥Feb 3, 2021
Fun instructor, very good choices of poems to examine and a concise breakdown of the many literary devices
By Alisha B
鈥Jun 21, 2020
Amazing course! I learned so much about not only writing poetry, but reading it and analyzing. I loved it!
By Stephanie R
鈥Feb 13, 2021
Douglas Kearney is an exceptional teacher. I've taken many online courses and he gets 10/10 for delivery!
By Megan A
鈥Dec 1, 2020
This was such a fun learning experience! It challenged me and pushed me to get creative and build skills.
By Mo A
鈥Jun 22, 2020
Doug is a great teacher and I enjoyed his methods a lot. I learned a lot from him. I appreciate it all!
By katie w
鈥Aug 2, 2019
The instructor is great and we get to read some really awesome poetry. The prompts are fun and creative!
By Kamila 艢
鈥Aug 31, 2017
Nice, easy and informative. Enjoyed it very much. Now I'm starting work on my own little book of poetry.
By Deepika S
鈥Jul 12, 2017
Learning a lot of things relevant for this course; I think the peer graded workshop is very helpful too.
By Karen M
鈥Apr 21, 2025
Excellent course. Particularly liked the explanations of rhythm. My brain cells feel more creative now.
By Gareth J G C
鈥Apr 1, 2025
Really enjoyed the course and the peer reviews. Great introduction to writing and understanding poetry.
By Joseph N
鈥Aug 9, 2024
exceptional use of imagination to make the points stick not only in the mind but the heart - thank you.
By Erin
鈥Mar 8, 2018
This was an entry level course to poetry and I feel like by taking it I have become a much better poet.
By Charlie B
鈥Jan 3, 2018
Amazing! An engaging, pleasing, and intelligible (as well as intelligent) instructor鈥擨 fully recommend.
By E. S S
鈥Dec 23, 2015
fun and informative class, with interesting exercises, instructor grabs your attention in short videos.
By Walter G
鈥Feb 1, 2021
This workshop is a great starting point, very easy to understand, it leads to other useful resources.
By Kirsty M
鈥Oct 23, 2023
I absolutely adored this course. The lecturer was engaging and very concise in what he was teaching.
By Durga D
鈥Jul 7, 2021
The professor OMG absolutely wonderful. The course is paced well and topics are covered well enough.
By Barbara D T
鈥Dec 13, 2022
Great course! Enjoyed the learning experience. If there is part 2 of this course, I would take it.
By Vaida A
鈥Mar 2, 2021
Very helpful! Interesting! Interactive! The teacher is a great poet, actor and everything in one:)
By Usraat
鈥Jun 11, 2020
Beautifully taught. The professor is one of the most enthusiastic educator I have ever come across!
By H K
鈥May 22, 2020
An amazing experience, learned a great deal and I now feel slightly more confident about my poetry.