Today, please start a new page. We are going to try a writing assignment. You will have 10 minutes to complete the exercise. Instructions will be given in class.
Then: please edit and revise your place poem, then send this new draft to your workshop folder. Keep track of your drafts and draft numbers. Again, change lines, add punctuation, cut unnecessary words, add simile, metaphor, personification, etc. Add literary and poetic devices. Break poem into stanzas or change line length to affect speed and content. Create an effective title. Etc.
By the end of the class, you should have a second draft of your place poems completed.
If you finish early, please complete the following assignment:
Use the draft you completed as the writing prep assignment and create a draft of a poem. Then, try another one:
Please go to poetry 180.gov and view any of the poems here. Steal a line or single phrase to start or end or put into your poem.
By the end of the class you should have 2 first drafts of these poems.
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