April 16th, 2013

4/16/13

In Class:
Journal--  Using haiku form, describe something that grows.

Poetry for the sake of poetry: "Summer Solstice" by Sharon Olds.

Refresher on the structure and use of metaphors. Then, using other students' blind suggestions, each student wrote a brief poem using a random article of clothing to convey a random emotion. For example, shoes and grief:
    The black leather seemed to constrict my arches like shackles
    As I staggered through the procession.
    That overwhelming stench of shoe-polish
    Assailed my nostrils with a heavy anguish.
    Black veils swept through the gathering. 
    The eulogy is devoid of meaning: 
    I bear the weight of her confession,
    And my shoes groan beneath its pressure.

Continuing with the seed metaphor from the first day of class, students sowed and tended their seeds using the following prompts:

    - “Proofs” by Richard Rodriguez
    - Snowfall outside the window
    - Ambient noise: Thunderstorm, then Crowded Pub.
    - Photo 1
    - Photo 2
    - Photo 3
    - Photo 4

Independently, students free-wrote, wrote, drew, or otherwise tended their seeds. 

Exit Ticket: Doodle an artistic interpretation of something you look forward to.

Homework:
Fill another two pages of your writing notebook.
By Tuesday, April 23rd, identify three poems that you could potentially perform at the Poetry Jam.