Poetry (E/MS)
This course teaches students how to write your own poems.
Welcome!
Gather your materials
Ridiculous rhymes
Ludicrous Limericks
A is for Alphabet
Short and sharp: Haikus
The shape of a poem
Sonnets
Try a triolet
The perplexing pantoum
Invent your own form
Poetical comparisons
What am I?
Ask, argue, command
Choose an imaginary reader
The luck of the draw
Who are you?
Peculiar self-portraits
Who might you be?
Animal, vegetable, mineral?
The great outdoors
Eyes closed, mind open
Dawn and dusk
A poem is a time machine
An ode to something great or small
The call of the wild
Making art out of art
A map to unseen worlds
Don't make a long story short
Stop making sense
Erasing a poem
Snip, rip, copy, glue
Poems off the page
Chance operations
Poetry out loud
Straight outta Greenland
Team efforts
Get in line
What is poetry?
What makes a poem a poem?
Tantalizing titles
Revise, revise, revise
Invent a secret identity
Everyday tips for poets
Poetry first aid
Emergency measures