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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4WqXeOK3CY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmjvMXO4AGA
For each of the following sounds, list one characteristic for each of the FIVE senses.
SIGHT TOUCH TASTE SMELL HEAR
Sound #1
Sound #2
Sound #3
Sound #4
MRS. WHITE’S RULES OF POETRY
1. The “two-read” policy.
2. Read it in your head FIRST. Then proceed to read aloud
3. Poetry is interpretive- everyone is entitled to a different
opinion
4. Poetry is not for sissies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KKim3HmBk4
5. Give every poem a chance.
“January”
John Updike
Read #1
The days are short,The sun a spark,Hung thin betweenThe dark and dark.
Fat snowy footstepsTrack the floor.Milk bottles burstOutside the door.
The river isA frozen placeHeld still beneathThe trees of lace.
The sky is low.The wind is gray.The radiatorPurrs all day.
--John Updike
January has
Short, Dark
Days
The days are short,
The sun a *spark,
Hung thin between
The dark and dark.
The poem takes place in the 30s or 40s. Someone is trying to get inside & out of the snow. January is ___.
Fat snowy footsteps
Track the floor.
Milk bottles burst
Outside the door. What year was the poem probably
written?
Nature is frozen. Everything is still, waiting for ______.
The river is
A frozen place
Held still beneath
The trees of lace.
Metaphor for what?
How does winter make you feel?
The sky is low.
The wind is gray.
The radiator
*Purrs all day.
How does this make you feel?
Read #2
The days are short,The sun a spark,Hung thin betweenThe dark and dark.
Fat snowy footstepsTrack the floor.Milk bottles burstOutside the door.
The river isA frozen placeHeld still beneathThe trees of lace.
The sky is low.The wind is gray.The radiatorPurrs all day.
--John Updike
Modern Poetry
Starbucks David Byrne
I look for the Buck?
I'm looking for the Starry Eyes?
Instead I'm blinded by Free Wi-Fi.
Zombies in the gloom,
Faces lit with Cell phones, iPads,
And Laptops!
My Name, they inscribed
On my paper cup.
The ultimate Accolade.
I'm the Star in Starbucks!
DUE MONDAY
**This is your first MAJOR
grade of the 3rd Nine Weeks
Note: Late Poems will be deducted 11 points a day
and not be accepted after next Friday.
Create your own Imagery Poem about an experience in your life
Riding the bus, your first kiss, skydiving, cutting the grass, learning to drive, running, playing a sport
Poem must contain at least 30 Lines & 3 Stanzas
Poem must contain rhyming couplets
Must use all 5 senses
You may Type or Hand write NEATLY in INK