- We wrote a class poem today.
- If you were here and wrote one, you received full points.
- If you were absent, I am exempting you from this assignment, so there is nothing to make up.
Thanks,
KW
Welcome to Creative Writing!
Yee-haw!
It’s Friday, April 24th!
When You Come In
· Sign in, please.
· 15,000 grains of free rice are due today.
Write a class poem!
CREATIVE WRITING
The Class Poem (Collaborative Poem)
What we’re going to do:
1.
Circle up.
2. Each
write a line of poetry.
3. Fold
the paper so the next person sees only our line.
4. Pass!
5.
Repeat!
Here’s an example:
What are its strengths, things we want to emulate?
1.
Similes
2.
Metaphors
3.
Strong diction
4.
Alliteration
5.
Imagery
What are its weaknesses, things we want to avoid?
1.
Rhyme
2.
Cliché
3.
Generic language
Exhaustion
The tree leaned into the wind
Fighting against a force it did not understand
An endless battle of two of nature’s forces
A battle with many casualties
Like the Alamo
People were
dying left and right
Dropping
like flies
Hurt to my
eyes
Hurt to my
heart
Pieces so
far apart
Like a
puzzle I used to put together
Oh hey, how
about this weather?
The birds were singing and the sun was shining
And a warm breeze blew through the air
I took a deep breath and continued on my journey
Giving all my attention to the bald eagle flying
above me
I gave no notice to the happenings around me
I fell into a dreamless sleep, the day finally
collecting its toll
Like a smugly satisfied turnpike operator
Grinning madly from inside his glass booth.
1.
Respect the line you’re given; follow the idea(s) you’re presented with.
2. Write
a fresh line each time you receive a poem; don’t have a theme or word you put
in every time you get a poem.
3. Use
only appropriate language and topics (no beer, bodily functions, sexual
innuendos, etc.)
4. Look
only at the one line in front of you; fold the poem after you write so that
your line is the only one the person to your right sees.
5. Don’t
pass until you hear the signal.
6.
Initial in the left margin each line you write.
When the Poem is Two People Away from the Person
Who Started It
1. Write
the last several lines of this poem, based on the line you see.
2. Pass it
to your right.
3. When
you get yours back, write the LAST LINE.
read the whole poem carefully.
4. Edit as
needed (gender and tense shifts, etc).
5. Give it
a knock-out title (NOT “My Crazy Class Poem”, etc.).
6. Raise
your hand if you want to read yours aloud.
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