Teaching
writing
Poetry
How to write
Did you know that poems take root in the found objects and slammed doors of everyday life? You can write one. Really! Honor Moore leads the way.
Let's say I'm sitting in that room with you now. Take out a pad and pen, your favorite pen—the one that just slides across the paper. Be sure you have an hour or so, so you can take your time with each prompt.
12 Ways to Write a Poem
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Make a list of five things you did today, in the order you did them.
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Quickly write down three colors.
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Write down a dream. If you can't remember one, make it up.
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Take 15 minutes to write an early childhood memory, using language a child would use.
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Write a forbidden thought, to someone who would understand.
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Write a forbidden thought, to someone who would not.
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Make a list of five of your favorite "transitional objects." Choose one and describe it in detail.
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Write down three questions you'd ask as if they were the last questions you could ever ask.
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Write down an aphorism (e.g. "A stitch in time saves nine").
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Write down three slant rhymes, pairs of words that share one or two consonants rather than vowels (moon/mine and long/thing are slant rhymes).
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Write three things people have said to you in the past 48 hours. Quote them as closely as you can.
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Write the last extreme pain you had, emotional or physical. If the pain were an animal, what animal would it be? Describe the animal.
Tips
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Use one of the questions as the first line, each of the colors more than once, the slant rhymes, and the aphorism with a word or two changed.
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Try using any part of, or all of, the material in any way you want—a line from your dream might work well on its own or your description of the animal might better describe your great uncle.
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Let the poem be between 20 and 30 lines; let each line be 10 or more syllables long. Think of the poem as a dream or a psalm you are inventing, and don't force it. Write in your own speech, allowing its music and sense to speak through you.
"THE UNBIDDEN"
As i began to devour my jolly chicken
I felt like my aliment was being aimed
By some animalistic ees, survival-driven
I hunted for the eyes of the predator, untamed
And saw rthe busy bee, unbidden
Spoken Word Poetry
Performed by:
Sarah Kay
Arts and Writing?
May the artistic force be with you!
Incorporating arts in teaching Writing.
Wondering on how to use your artistic skills while learning how to write poetry? Your Super Artchers are here and we are extending our artistic hands just for you!
Here are some ways on how you can integrate poetry into arts, come and see as we unravel these mighty and artistic ways!
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Fingerprint Poetry
This unique way of writing a poem comes with a silly yet easy procedure. All you ever have to do is to either print your own “finger print” type of template or you can draw your own, in any medium you choose to do it. You can write your poem in the lines drawn in your finger print template or drawing. You can also use different ball pen or markers to make it more appealing to the eyes. Voila! It is not just a poetry that you have done but also an art!
2.Blackout poetry
If you are looking for a challenging yet artistic one, try out this Black Out Poetry! All you need to do is find an old page of a book that consists of words (not illustrations). They can read the page that they got and they will need to highlight the words that they could make a connection to each other and make a poetry out of those highlighted words. This one’s a pretty challenging to do because of the limited words that your students could use but they will also be mentally challenged because they will need to think on what words should they highlight and what words are meant to be hidden.
We are hoping that these 2 mighty steps shared something to you! And we are looking forward to work with you again as we unravel what this beautiful galaxy of ours has to offer.
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Got any ideas in mind?
Same oooooold routine!
So what are you waiting for?
Grab your sheets of paper,
Find the perfect pen—
Ready, Set, Write!