Read the definitions below and choose one that you feel you understand and makes the most sense to you. Copy the definition you choose and paste it into the form below. Answer the questions and submit.
"A piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure." "Something that arouses strong emotions because of its beauty." "A composition in verse, usually characterized by concentrated and heightened language in which words are chosen for their sound and suggestive power as well as for their sense, and using such techniques as metre, rhyme, and alliteration." “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” “Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toe nails twinkle, makes you want to do this or that or nothing, makes you know that you are alone in the unknown world, that your bliss and suffering is forever shared and forever all your own.”
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Or perhaps you think more like famous American poet, Carl Sandburg who began a list of what he thought poetry was:
From Carl Sandburg’s “Tentative (First Model): Definitions of Poetry”:
1. Poetry is a projection across silence of cadences arranged to break that silence with definite intentions of echoes, syllables, wave lengths.
2. Poetry is an art practised with the terribly plastic material of human language.
3. Poetry is the report of a nuance between two moments, when people say, ‘Listen!’ and ‘Did you see it’ ‘Did you hear it? What was it?’
4. Poetry is the tracing of the trajectories of a finite sound to the infinite points of its echoes.
5. Poetry is a sequence of dots and dashes, spelling depths, crypts, cross-lights, and moon wisps.
6. Poetry is a puppet-show, where riders of skyrockets and divers of sea fathoms gossip about the sixth sense and the fourth dimension.
7. Poetry is a plan for a slit in the face of a bronze fountain goat and the path of fresh drinking water.
8. Poetry is a slipknot tightened around a time-beat of one thought, two thoughts, and a last interweaving thought there is not yet a number for.
9. Poetry is an echo asking a shadow dancer to be a partner.
10. Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly the air.
NOW, HAVING READ ALL THE DEFINITIONS, GO FILL OUT THE FORM ABOVE.
From Carl Sandburg’s “Tentative (First Model): Definitions of Poetry”:
1. Poetry is a projection across silence of cadences arranged to break that silence with definite intentions of echoes, syllables, wave lengths.
2. Poetry is an art practised with the terribly plastic material of human language.
3. Poetry is the report of a nuance between two moments, when people say, ‘Listen!’ and ‘Did you see it’ ‘Did you hear it? What was it?’
4. Poetry is the tracing of the trajectories of a finite sound to the infinite points of its echoes.
5. Poetry is a sequence of dots and dashes, spelling depths, crypts, cross-lights, and moon wisps.
6. Poetry is a puppet-show, where riders of skyrockets and divers of sea fathoms gossip about the sixth sense and the fourth dimension.
7. Poetry is a plan for a slit in the face of a bronze fountain goat and the path of fresh drinking water.
8. Poetry is a slipknot tightened around a time-beat of one thought, two thoughts, and a last interweaving thought there is not yet a number for.
9. Poetry is an echo asking a shadow dancer to be a partner.
10. Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly the air.
NOW, HAVING READ ALL THE DEFINITIONS, GO FILL OUT THE FORM ABOVE.
I am poems
Using the template below, you will create a poem about who you are, how you see yourself, and what your dreams and fears are. Try to be honest and thoughtful in your work.
Copy the template below and paste it into a Google Doc. Title it Your name I am Poem (ex. Ms. L's I am poem)
When you have finished, share it with Ms. L.
I Am Poem
I am
(Two special characteristics or adjectives)
I wonder
(Something you are curious about)
I hear
(What do you hear when you think about yourself/your life/or what others say)
I see
(What do you see in your life (doesn't have to be real)
I want
(A desire you have)
I am
(The first line of the poem repeated)
I pretend
(Something you pretend to do)
I feel
(The strongest feeling you have about your life)
I touch
(An imaginary touch)
I worry
(Something that bothers you)
I cry
(Something that makes you sad)
I am
(The first line of the poem repeated)
I understand
(Something you know is true)
I say
(Something you believe in)
I dream
(Something you dream about)
I try
(Something you make an effort on)
I hope
(Something you hope for)
I am
(The first line of the poem repeated)
Using the template below, you will create a poem about who you are, how you see yourself, and what your dreams and fears are. Try to be honest and thoughtful in your work.
Copy the template below and paste it into a Google Doc. Title it Your name I am Poem (ex. Ms. L's I am poem)
When you have finished, share it with Ms. L.
I Am Poem
I am
(Two special characteristics or adjectives)
I wonder
(Something you are curious about)
I hear
(What do you hear when you think about yourself/your life/or what others say)
I see
(What do you see in your life (doesn't have to be real)
I want
(A desire you have)
I am
(The first line of the poem repeated)
I pretend
(Something you pretend to do)
I feel
(The strongest feeling you have about your life)
I touch
(An imaginary touch)
I worry
(Something that bothers you)
I cry
(Something that makes you sad)
I am
(The first line of the poem repeated)
I understand
(Something you know is true)
I say
(Something you believe in)
I dream
(Something you dream about)
I try
(Something you make an effort on)
I hope
(Something you hope for)
I am
(The first line of the poem repeated)
MAGNETIC POETRY
Follow one of the links below to create some magnetic poetry. Keep in mind that poetry is not written in paragraphs but in stanzas. It usually has less words and can leave out little things like and, the, that, etc.
You can choose to write poems that focus on nature or on "geeky" things. You should attempt to write a minimum of 3 poems. If you write three, continue to write until your time is up.
**For each poem you write, click save and share, and send your poems to Ms. L's email: [email protected]
You can choose to write poems that focus on nature or on "geeky" things. You should attempt to write a minimum of 3 poems. If you write three, continue to write until your time is up.
**For each poem you write, click save and share, and send your poems to Ms. L's email: [email protected]