Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Assignment for Thursday, Oct. 26
Reading - all in Gwynn:
One Art, Elizabeth Bishop, (614)
Song of Myself 6, Walt Whitman, (527)
Diving Into the Wreck, Adrienne Rich, (675)
Writing:
1. Choose a poem from Gwynn or Burroway. Rewrite it as I did with “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed” (see handout from Tuesday's class). Then, on a separate page, write it out as a paragraph taking out all line and stanza breaks. Bring both to class – they will be part of your in-class writing exercises.
2. Object Poem: Look around your kitchen at some food objects – cereal, an apple, cookies, chips, broccoli, rice, pasta, tortillas, milk, beer, etc. Which one might make a good subject for a poem and why? Write a poem about one of these objects, keeping in mind: Imagery, Connotation, and Density & Intensity (see Burroway or handout from Tuesday if you don't remember what these are).
One Art, Elizabeth Bishop, (614)
Song of Myself 6, Walt Whitman, (527)
Diving Into the Wreck, Adrienne Rich, (675)
Writing:
1. Choose a poem from Gwynn or Burroway. Rewrite it as I did with “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed” (see handout from Tuesday's class). Then, on a separate page, write it out as a paragraph taking out all line and stanza breaks. Bring both to class – they will be part of your in-class writing exercises.
2. Object Poem: Look around your kitchen at some food objects – cereal, an apple, cookies, chips, broccoli, rice, pasta, tortillas, milk, beer, etc. Which one might make a good subject for a poem and why? Write a poem about one of these objects, keeping in mind: Imagery, Connotation, and Density & Intensity (see Burroway or handout from Tuesday if you don't remember what these are).
# posted by Virginia Bellis @ 7:52 PM 
