ALL POEMS
- Secret Stash-Ideas for Writing # 1, p, 28. (The list is for you, the poem that comes out of it is for us)
2. Exercise # 1: Find the prompt on page 62, it’s the 3rd one under Ideas for Writing.
3. Poem # 2 (Every Day poem)- Ideas for Writing # 3, p, 28.
4. A Picture is Worth a Trillion Dollar$ Poem: Take a look at the collected works of art in the UNE Permanent Collection and then draft a poem using the image as inspiration for your work. Use images to tell the story of what you think is happening in the painting. Share some drafts if time.
5. Draft: p. 92, Ideas for Writing # 6 in PC.
6. (Choices!) Feared Drowned Two, Electric Boogaloo—Ideas for Writing # 3 on p. 102
OR
Living in Metaphor—Ideas for Writing # 4 on p. 102
7. Free poems: Write two free poems—you are the decider.
8. Follow the prompt on p. 149, # 6: Free verse with a rhyming scheme.
9. Anniversary poem: p. 248.
10. Consider Donald Hall’s “New Animals” and compose your own poem where speaker explores a dream.
11. “Bread” Poems (Sharon Olds)
12. Free poem # 3
13. Suppose. 255-56: Super Secret Group # 3
14. Pantumns! Compose your own!