Connor and Luke presented Patricia Young's poetry so google her and try to write a poem which imitates her style.
Bring in 10 sentences describing a photograph. Use the idea of "poetus interruptus" or bringing a sense of conflict and withholding in the poem by going in and out from the action, adding sounds, other characters, odd solutions to distract from the underlying conflict and emotion evoked in the beginning.
We did the I remember . .. I don't remember exercise as well.
See yesterday's blog.
Workshop and Lab time tomorrow.
Two poems due Thursday.
Belfry Trip Thursday.
Bus leaves at noon. Don't be late.
Dear Susan,
I hope you are thriving!
The
Victoria Writers Festival has received funding from Russell Books and
Friesen Press for TWELVE scholarships for our writing workshops. I'm
hoping that you are able to print off and post the attached
announcement, as well as let your students know about this wonderful
opportunity. They need only submit one page of work, in any genre, to
apply. I would be very appreciative if you could forward this to other
writing/English instructors as well.
And,
while I've got you...We are selling blocks of tickets this year for
book clubs and groups of co-workers or other tribes that might want to
get out together and have their minds and senses stimulated. Ten tickets
to any festival event can be yours for only $100. Maybe you are part of
a book club, or a group of teachers would like to step out. A schedule
of events is here: www.victoriawritersfestival.com.
The Carol Shields Lecture - Jan Zwicky on "Poetry and
Meaninglessness" - might be of particular interest, but also the gala
readings and the panel on family, or the one on writing and sex...
