Your book of poems
Create a book of your own poetry, consisting of at least ten poems Include the following:
1. A title page, decorated.
2. An invitation poem
2. At least 8 different kinds of poems that you have revised to awesome quality: e.g. Acrostic, haiku, two word, circle, change, transformation, animal, apology, synaesthesia, limerick, imagery, Shakespeare, device, pantoum, Billy Collins, etc.
3. Your self-portrait (9-11 free verse stanzas based on Blackbird)
5. A response page.
Here's some great poetry to listen to, read to you by our poet laureate, Tracy K. Smith.
Here's some great poetry to listen to, read to you by our poet laureate, Tracy K. Smith.