Learner Reviews & Feedback for Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop by California Institute of the Arts
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Top reviews
NN
Jun 4, 2023
The teacher Douglas Kearney is so fun and knowledgeable. The course is a snap to get through if you love poetry. I took an expensive (US$400) course elsewhere and this was better. And free!
KM
Jun 24, 2020
Very useful for beginners as well as seasoned poets! Peer reviewers are thorough and usually very helpful. This course has definitely guided me in the direction of pursuing poetry academically.
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By Rachel F
•Dec 16, 2017
the instructor is great! knowledgable, to the point, and entertaining!
By Nupur M
•Sep 29, 2015
Good delivery and enough technicals to keep interested poets learning!
By Maria
•Mar 18, 2025
Engaging interesting and entertaining teaching and content. A+ class.
By Bill M
•Jan 26, 2023
Enjoyable and challenging - great for beginners and more epxerienced.
By María I V
•Mar 7, 2021
Really really good for begginers interested in learning about poetry.
By Reeba P
•Sep 19, 2020
It's a course where you can enhance your poetry skills more. Enjoy :)
By Karen S
•Feb 19, 2020
Fun and outstanding instructor!
Opened up a new world of poetry to me.
By Jason M B
•Jun 1, 2019
Excellent course and excellent instructor. Amazing community as well.
By Arnis S
•Feb 10, 2018
This course is essential for any poets! and Doug is a superb teacher!
By Madeline H
•May 20, 2020
A super engaging course. The professor made it current and exciting.
By RJ B
•Apr 14, 2016
The instructor engages the audience very well by his sense of humor.
By Nicola S
•Oct 13, 2015
I really enjoyed the course and would even consider taking it again!
By Matthew N
•Feb 16, 2024
Great and effective introduction to poetry - just what I was after!
By Derek H
•Jun 10, 2022
I learned a great deal about structure, rhyme, spacing, and rhythm.
By Johnish S
•Apr 30, 2025
it is great. especially, the professor's playful ways in classes.
By Cyndi M
•Apr 28, 2022
Great engaging and knowledgeable instructor with amazing prompts.
By Debashankar P P
•Aug 24, 2021
Excellent course of poetry for everyone who wanna learn about it.
By NUR F B M Z
•May 20, 2020
Really enjoyable and interesting ways of learning poetry writing.
By Kalah H
•Dec 27, 2020
Great introductory material and plenty of fun writing exercises!
By saismriti g
•May 10, 2020
it was a very useful course, helped me get my foundations right.
By AshLee R P
•Sep 2, 2016
Lovable instructor! Very informative! One of my favorite courses
By Chew W Y
•Jun 22, 2016
Excellent course with imaginative material and useful knowledge.
By Ashley B
•Feb 26, 2022
It was really fun and I learned to appreciate and love poetry.
By Margaret M
•Aug 18, 2025
I wanted to do this course again because I enjoyed it so much.
By Kutadi S S
•Apr 27, 2021
It's an excellent course for anyone who wants to learn Poetry.