You poem should be a dialogue between two individuals about a news events, similar to "Ballad of Birmingham." There is not a specific length, however, your poem should represent the total story.
Write a Catalogue Poem that list the things you do every day. Choose images that make your day come alive for the reader. You might want to imitate the structure of one of the poems we read.
•List ten names. Identify the stressed and unstressed syllables. What “tunes” do the names make?
•Find political slogans that use rhyme and alliteration. •Think of two exact rhymes and two approximate rhymes for ocean, wash, warm, beard, and power. •Describe the following scenes, using onomatopoeia: •a rainy, windy night •a cat eating dry cat food Write a poem in the style of Sandburg’s in which you compare a force of nature to an animal. Extend your metaphor as far as it will go, without forcing it. You can use a direct metaphor: “ is” or you can use an implied metaphor, as Sandburg does.
Write a poem that describes something in nature that you feel strongly about. Be sure to tell WHERE you are as you observe your scene. Use your SENSES: SIGHT, SOUND, SMELL, TOUCH and TASTE. Poems should be a mimimum of 12 lines
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