This stuff called poetry...
Is not really that complicated. Poetry is about human existence. Even poems about objects or settings or events involve humans and their relationship with external forces. Of course a poem can ALSO be about a speaker's conflict (if any) of internal forces.
Poems are about us. We can either write about love, death/life, or nature. Writing about the self or ones beliefs or God or an event or locations or objects or animals falls into one of these three categories.
So poems concern everyday things. To come up with subject matter for a poem is as easy as throwing a stone through the air and hitting the ground.
Poems can be about animals:
Poem idea: Write about an article of clothing. Clothing indicates character by association.
Poem idea: you guessed it, write about an object or place that represents the speaker.
Poetry appreciation workshop:
Take 15 minutes to search online for a poem or favorite poet and print out one of these favorite poems or a poem from a favorite author. Bring it to you workshop group during 8th period and share your favorite poem with each other. Discuss what you like about the poem. No negatives here. If you didn't like the poem--smile and nod.
HOMEWORK: Feel free to read or write whatever you'd like during break. No assigned homework.
Is not really that complicated. Poetry is about human existence. Even poems about objects or settings or events involve humans and their relationship with external forces. Of course a poem can ALSO be about a speaker's conflict (if any) of internal forces.
Poems are about us. We can either write about love, death/life, or nature. Writing about the self or ones beliefs or God or an event or locations or objects or animals falls into one of these three categories.
So poems concern everyday things. To come up with subject matter for a poem is as easy as throwing a stone through the air and hitting the ground.
Poems can be about animals:
Poem idea: write about an animal or pet.Common items:
Whales Weep Not by D.H. Lawrence
Baby Tortoise by D.H. Lawrence
The Dusk of Horses by James Dickey
A Crocodile by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Bats by Paisley Rekdal
Poem idea: Write about an article of clothing. Clothing indicates character by association.
Shirt by Robert Pinsky
Fat Southern Men in Summer Suits by Liam Rector
Red Slippers by Amy Lowell
Objects (or places) in our lives can become metaphors for us. Objects can be metaphors for made up speakers of poems. The object and how it is used is often related to CHARACTER.The Lanyard by Billy Collins
Poem idea: you guessed it, write about an object or place that represents the speaker.
Quilt by Nikki Giovanni
Night Funeral in Harlem by Langston Hughes
Chicago by Carl Sandburg
Trapeze by Deborah Diggesand People:
Aunt Jennifer's Tigers by Adrienne Rich
Miniver Cheevy by Edwin Arlington Robinson
The Ghazal of What Hurt by Peter Cole
Buddha With a Cell Phone by David Romtvedt
Poetry appreciation workshop:
Take 15 minutes to search online for a poem or favorite poet and print out one of these favorite poems or a poem from a favorite author. Bring it to you workshop group during 8th period and share your favorite poem with each other. Discuss what you like about the poem. No negatives here. If you didn't like the poem--smile and nod.
HOMEWORK: Feel free to read or write whatever you'd like during break. No assigned homework.
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