When I visit schools, I talk to kids about poetry and I get them laughing and having fun. I even show them how to have fun writing a poem. I tell them where to find poetry in the library, and I share lots of funny poems with them. I tell them that their teachers might be aliens...
For example, the Japanese haiku is a short three-line poem in which the first line has five syllables, the second seven and the third five again. Try write a few prose sentences with this syllabic structure, e.g. 'He waited all day. It was cold and darkening. Would anyone come?' ...
Robert Frostonce said that writing a poem is having an argument with yourself. I was certainly conflicted about leaving the beautiful Pacific Northwest. But I also love a lot about Florida. You don’t need to bundle up with layers of fleece and rain gear. You never have to scrape ice off...
Kudoson the great presentation, Ana! Let’s givekudosto everyone who read their poem out loud in class today. Andrew deserveskudosfor his brilliant idea. phenomenal Take it up a notch, and go withphenomenal. Something that’s phenomenal isn’t just good, it’s “highly extraordinary orprodig...
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MARK:Yeah, because everything is magnified when you’re looking at it that closely and carefully. Obviously, I’m thinking of poetry here, because if you write a short poem, like a sonnet or a haiku, then every word really counts. In a very different way than if you’re writing an ...
This is only about non-artistic practical writing; it's not about writing Haiku or songs. If you are a student of mine, and I have referred you here, and you are in a hurry, then read Sections III ("Thirteen things that lots of students don't get") and IV.A ("Organization") as...