Free Verse Poetry Tatiana Cortes

Myle Murphy

Samantha Watts

What do you think free verse poetry is?

Can free verse poetry even be defined?

Questions

• Where is the genre used?• Free verse poetry can be used in any context and situation. It can be found in

many formats, some of which we will discuss further.

• What is the interaction it accomplishes?• Communication of ideas and thoughts

• Self-expression

• Who uses the genre and to do what?• “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those

who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” -Plato

Questions

• What subjects does the genre discuss?• Free verse can encompass any subject.

• What relationships does the genre suggest?• Free verse poetry encourages creativity and thinking outside of

the box. Readers and writers need to keep open minds when dealing with free verse poetry.

• What roles does the genre suggest for participants?• Who decides if a poem is free verse or not? The reader or the

author?

Novels

• Burned by Ellen Hopkins

• Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

Street Art

• “Poetry is eternal graffiti, written in the heart of everyone.” –Laurence Ferlinghetti

Literary Works

• Shape of the poem

• How should it be read?

Performance

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBV5G0a74sc

Social Media

• Twitter

• Facebook Status

• Post Secret

• To what extent can social media be considered free verse poetry?

In the classroom…

• Is free verse poetry relevant to your future classrooms?

• How will you teach free verse poetry? Will you even teach free verse poetry?

• How helpful will it be to encourage your students to write poetry in free verse?