Some Poems

We have been talking about poetry and how/what to teach in the secondary classroom in my methods class lately. Thus, I have written a few poems that I rather like while trying out activities, so thought I'd blog them!

First is a haiku, which I wrote about an occurance in the book I just finished today for my independent study class, Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee.

A simple dog pile -
Crushed beneath playful boys, golden leaves,
A tiny boy dies.

Next is a circle poem, you start with a title, and the word after the title has to make sense, or has to do with the title word. Then the next word has to do with the first, and the 2nd with the 3rd, and so on. For about 8-10 lines you make these connections, ending with a word that somehow connects/links back to the title word. It was fun, her was my personal attempt.

Running

Sprints
Legs
Muscles
Veins
Blood
Oxygen
Inhale
Exhale
Steady

Ans last for today's sharing (Another will be shared once it has been polished a bit more!) This is called a found poem. Where you find two sentences from a newspaper or magazine and arrange them in a poetic way.

Found Poem

(Words from National Geographic, January, 1996 pages 2, 21)

Scientists
Have named her
Kapina,
For the cave
Where her skull
Was found.

Tough lives, Tender
Mercies, battered
Bones tell stories
Of woe -
And kindness-

Arranged by Laurel 

That's all for today, hope that you enjoyed, I did.

*L