1. Read these 5 short poems.

2. Express what you feel.3. Analysis: a. Vocabulary b. Theme c. Meaning d. The writer

FIRST PART THIRD PART

1. Select your favourite 5 short poems.

2. Express what you feel.3. Analysis: a. Vocabulary b. Theme c. Meaning d. The writer

SECOND PART

1. Invent 5 short poems (8 verses

minim.)2. Express what you wanted

to say.3. Analysis: a. Vocabulary b. Theme c. Other

meanings

FOURTH PART

1. Write 5 short poems by using SHAPES,

FRAMES….1. Express what you wanted

to say.2. Analysis: a. Vocabulary b. Theme c. Other

meanings

Shape - Graphic Poems

In shape poems, the words of the poem form a shape or even a kind of picture, showing what the poem is about. The one below is called SWING.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/shape/

My little one whose tongue is dumb, whose fingers cannot hold to things,

who is so mercilessly young, he leaps upon the instant things,

I hold him not. Indeed, who could? He runs into the burning wood.

Follow, follow if you can! He will come out grown to a man

and not remember whom he kissed, who caught him by the slender wrist

and bound him by a tender yoke which, understanding not, he broke.

Tennessee Williams

MY LITTLE ONE

My hands open the curtains of your being clothe you in a further nudity uncover the bodies of your body My hands invent another body for your body

Translation by Eliot Weinberger

T O U C H

by Octavio Paz

He was so old his bones seemed to swim in his skin.And when I took his hand to feel his pulseI felt myself drawn in. It was as faintas the steps of a childpadding across the floor in slippers,and yet he was smiling.I could almost hear a riverrunning beneath his breath.The water clear and cold and deep.He was ready and willing to wade on in.

“AT THE END” – A poem by Ed Meek

You love the roses - so do I. I wish The sky would rain down roses, as they rain From off the shaken bush. Why will it not? Then all the valley would be pink and white And soft to tread on. They would fall as light As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be Like sleeping and like waking, all at once!

George Eliot 1819-1880

ROSES

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that, the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden blackOh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.

THE ROAD

NOT TAKENby Robert

FrostCopyright © 1962, 1967, 1970 by Leslie Frost Ballantine.

The Road not Taken - Example of an outlook

ABOUT THIS POEM: Meaning:The literal meaning of this poem by Robert Frost is pretty obvious. A traveler comes to a fork in the road and needs to decide which way to go to continue his journey. After much mental debate, the traveler picks the road "less traveled by."The figurative meaning is not too hidden either. The poem describes the tough choices people stand for when traveling the road of life. The words "sorry" and "sigh" make the tone of poem somewhat gloomy. The traveler regrets leaving the possibilities of the road not chosen behind. He realizes he probably won't pass this way again. Devices:There are plenty literary devices in this poem to be discovered. One of these is antithesis. When the traveler comes to the fork in the road, he wishes he could travel both. Within the current theories of our physical world, this is a non-possibility (unless he has a split personality). The traveler realizes this and immediately rejects the idea.Yet another little contradiction are the two remarks in the second stanza about the road less traveled. First it's described as grassy and wanting wear, after which he turns to say the roads are actually worn about the same (perhaps the road less traveled makes travelers turn back?). Personification:All sensible people know that roads don't think, and therefore don't want. They can't. But the description of the road wanting wear is an example of personification in this poem. A road actually wanting some as a person would. However: some believe this to be incorrect and believe "wanting wear" is not a personification, but rather older English meaning "lacking". So it would be "Because it was grassy and lacked wear;".

THE VOICEWe each have oneIt carries our story

It’s influenced by our pastIt speaks to the future

It comes from our heart.

It needs to be cultivatedIt needs to be let outDevelop it all you can

Mine it for all it’s worth

Yes, find your voiceYour own unique sound

And in return respect the voice of othersSo the chorus can be heard.

Stewart Rocks, 2007