This week I have really enjoyed the Poem-A-Day poems. I think my favorite was "Red Bank" by Lesle Lewis. I've also been reading some poetry for my test out. the ones that I read and liked were: "I heard a fly buzz-when I died-" by Emily Dickinson, "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams, "This Is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams and, "anyone lived in a pretty how town" by E.E. Cummings. Also, as a part of our assignment, I've been trying to figure out the Ghazal, Villanelle, and Sestina poetry forms. I think I have the Villanelle figured out, but I am so lost on the Sestina. "Re-arrange the last 6 words..."? But I'll figure it out, it just might take some time...
Hope everyone had a great week! See you all Tuesday!
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Sunday, April 24
Friday, April 8
Spring Break Post!
Hey there from... oh, Grand Haven. Yes, I have been home all spring break, but later today I'm going to Detroit so I thought it would be best to finish my PATH homework before we go. So, this week I've been reading stuff that I'm required to read for test-out. Also I've been reading poetry. A lot of poetry. Poems from poets.org and other online sources, test-out poetry and even some of my old poems. I signed up for the Poem-A-Day thing, but all the poems I've gotten so far I'm not a huge fan of, but I could warm up to them eventually. I do like the concept a lot, though. I like logging into my Gmail and seeing a poem to read. It takes all the work out of finding poems. Speaking of finding poems, I have found some favorites on poets.org. My favorites so far are: What Do I Care by Sara Teasdale, True Love by Robert Penn Warren, To Dorothy by Marvin Bell, I Am Not Yours by Sara Teasdale, Dreams by Langston Hughes, Caboose Thoughts by Carl Sandburg, As I Walked Out One Evening by W.H. Auden, Answer To a Child's Question by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, A lane of Yellow lead the eye (1650) by Emily Dickinson, and A Drinking Song by W.B. Yeats.
"Don't worry about what other people think of you, they don't do it very often."
-Unknown
"Don't worry about what other people think of you, they don't do it very often."
-Unknown
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