The Drew University Low-Residency M.F.A. Program in Poetry & Poetry in Translation has been designed to offer something unique to student poets. In our small, but inclusive, all-poetry program, we are interested in the range of voices writing today, including the poetry of other languages as it is brought to us through translation. We aspire to be both intimate and global, and to learn together what it means to be a poet. We study how poets of our own time, and of other times, have mastered their art, and how they have lived in relation to the larger culture.
We are interested in building a poetry community in which all of us learn from each other. We are interested in students who are hungry to write their best poems, to write their poems, and to build a life informed by poetry. By alternating intense residencies with the solitary mentorship semesters, students learn to value connections and they also learn to work alone. The best teachers are those who are living a life of poetry; our excellent faculty are such teachers. They are all much-published, award-winning poets, who also happen to be experienced and dedicated teachers.
If it is your time to give yourself over to the study of poetry, we hope you will consider the Drew M.F.A. Program.
- Anne Marie Macari, Director, Master of Fine Arts in Poetry
