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1. Write Your Way to Mars

   Julie Swarstad Johnson, Poetry Center Library Specialist   During this time of ... writing prompts were originally presented alongside  The Poetry of Spaceflight  exhibit in Fall 2016. ...

   jswrstad - 08/16/2021 - 10:16am

2. Drawing Dreamscapes / Writing from the Dreams of Friends

   ... and feelings that appear in our dreams, the closer we get to poetry. Drawing Dreamscapes Warm-Up (15 minutes) Tell students ... Education Level:  Elementary Genre:  Poetry Fiction Hybrid Time Frame:  1 hour per lesson (2 ...

   dgoblirsch - 03/22/2024 - 2:07pm

3. Restrictions and the Unreliable Translator: A Multi-Modal Approach

   ... results. This could lead to a conversation about form poetry and can be a nice time to transition into talking about sonnets and ... Education Level:  High School Genre:  Poetry Format:  Lesson Plan Time Frame:  30 ...

   dgoblirsch - 02/06/2020 - 4:52pm

4. Baby, You're a Firework: Making Meaning through Metaphor (and Simile) in Songwriting

   ... minutes)   I used another prompt I’ve used for poetry classes to get students started with metaphors and similes   My ... down metaphor and simile as tools for meaning-making in poetry and song lyrics Pedagogical goals: Students look at songs they ...

   dgoblirsch - 12/21/2018 - 1:30pm

5. "Textu" by Fady Joudah

   ... of an SMS message. Textu, Joudah’s third collection of poetry, published by Copper Canyon Press in 2013 as an e-book and re-issued in ... the poem suggests intriguing doubts about documentary poetry, those doubts are much more vague and forgettable than the portraits in ...

   coh-web - 07/19/2016 - 2:15pm

6. Reacting To Art/Music: Ekphrasis Exercise

   ... language) Come up with an image, a metaphor, or a line or poetry using figurative language based on the song/image. Metaphor in this case ... put these ideas from the previous two words into a piece of poetry. Do not think about it too much. Just find a way to take your reaction ...

   dgoblirsch - 05/30/2018 - 1:21pm

7. Velvet Mesquite

   ... on why they think a poet might repeat phrases. Share that poetry is sometimes like music. In music you have a beat or rhythm, and some ... Education Level:  Elementary Genre:  Poetry Format:  Writing Prompt Time Frame:  60 ...

   dgoblirsch - 10/04/2022 - 3:59pm

8. Let’s Speak Together: A Conversation on Collaboration (Part 3)

   ... the stacks and taking you with us. We’ll be writing about poetry and collaboration: questions of authorship, values, and processes. Like ... not the project, that has a goal; for example, writing poetry or wanting to publish together? From the perspective of music, most ...

   sgzemski - 04/01/2020 - 10:23am

9. How This Machine Works

   ... on Writing a New National Anthem Incorporate other poetry about silence or the heart . Build in science instruction ... Junior High High School Genre:  Poetry Format:  Lesson Plan Time Frame:  50-60 ...

   dgoblirsch - 09/28/2022 - 11:51am

10. Nourishment: The Poetics of Anthony Bourdain

    ... ingredients and the labor. The same is true of poetry: a poem can be skillful, it can be creative, it can have the strongest ... I think we can absolutely apply this to the composition of poetry: “Hopefully it’s love for the people you’re cooking for, ...

    mgoodrich - 02/28/2026 - 11:05am

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