The folks at
the University of Utah Division of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning
have scheduled “Introduction to Cowboy Poetry” for Summer Semester. Having been
cancelled during Spring Semester for lack of enrollment, the course is on life
support and may expire if it doesn’t thrive this time around.
For six
Tuesday evenings starting May 12, the course will meet for laughs and learning
at the Annex Building on the University of Utah’s main campus on Salt Lake
City’s east bench. No grades. No credit. No pressure. Just useful information
and good fun. We’ll study the works of master cowboy poets, living and dead,
try our hands at composing a poem or two, and talk about recitation and
presentation techniques. We’ll even address songwriting as it relates to poetry
if the stars align properly, courtesy of Brenn Hill.
If you’re
interested, or know someone who might be, information about enrollment is
available at the University of Utah’s Lifelong Learning website. Don’t put it
off. If you do, it may be too late. For all of us.