I love having our class after vocal jazz. Please serenade us more!!
I look forward to hearing the poems you created today loosely based on something autobiographical.
Remember to change any details in order to make the poem work (once you get to the editing stage). Focus on sound and line break and accurate details. See if you can find the MUSIC of the poem.
We won't see each other for a week. Next class we have a student presentation on the work of poet, Patricia Young! That will be another exciting expedition into the craft of poetry.
You have the 50 WAYS TO WRITE A POEM sheet to inspire new creations. I suggest you write daily in order to stay in shape. Remember to write with things around you: write on a bus, in a cafe, at the dinner table (don't tell your parents it's homework!), with poetry books and art books and your journals beside you so that you, sit near a window, on a train works well, a plane, on a roof, in an elevator (glass elevators are best). Why? Because poetry comes from things. NOT IDEAS.
Enjoy.
Also: January will be here before we know it! Start editing/revising the poems for your manuscript now. You are welcome to submit them for editing at any time. Start early.
Two new poems due next DAY 1.
