Form is controlling what we say through structure.
Line is simply a line of text Stanzas are groups of lines together Haiku 3 lines 5, 7, 5 1st 2 lines go together then we jump to the 3rd Sonnet - (love poems) First 8 lines that create a problem ; final 6 solve the problem or offer a response to the problem Pantoum - 4 line stanzas stanza 1 - lines 2 & 4 become lines 1&3 in stanza 2 Fixed Form - like a recipe for a poem Repetition creates mystery Poems from group: pantaotuomu!, Ellen Syllables, lines, and fixed form, Following the rules is hard to do, Isn't art supposed to allow for new norms? But sometimes you just want to be you. Syllables, lines, and fixed form, An adventure in writing and learning new things, Sometimes you just want to be you, Soon I fall into rhyming schemes and the art sings. An adventure in writing new things, A painting is worth 1000 words, Soon I fall into rhyming schemes and the art sings, So does a poem depict 1000 paintings? Pantoum rhymes with doom, A painting is worth 1000 words, My heart fills and makes room, So does a poem depict 1000 paintings?
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What lens do we look through to tell a story? Poetry Fun: Write an autobiographical poem using NO pronouns Group Share From 5/4: Quarantine Lens, Ellen I am grateful for the space I'm in, I am thankful for the support I have, I am grateful to work from home, Yet I continue to remind myself to be grateful for these things because some days are frustrating and I just want to see another human, Talk about something other than COVID-19, Remember that normal is not quarantine. You sit inside all day, Working, isolated from the pandemic, Freedom to work, talk on the phone, Connect through zoom. Your biggest decision is what to make for lunch. You don't know normal. She sits inside working all day, Helpless in this pandemic, Thinking working harder will give her some control, But soon she'll forget what it feels like to lose so much and she'll return to what she's always known: normal. I am, Ricardo I am who I was, not proud saddening days, It's you who decided your journey, Your changed ways, How can he be anything but who he is, The good of all todays.. Thoughts, Po I thought to myself sometimes that I would never amount to anything... You need to just shut the fuck up and stop accumulating doubts and just apply yourself - and accumulate everything... I have faith in that motherfucker- He has the potential for good leadership and as well as for a good King... Me, them, and her, Sofia I see myself today. After 27 years I have come along way. From the past I come to tell you, you are brave. You see yourself today. After 27 years you came a long way. From the past you came to tell yourself, you are brave. She sees herself today. After 27 years she has come a long way. From the past she came to tell herself, she is brave. |
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