Random Poetry Generators

Use one of these sites to create your randomly generated poem.

Post the poem on your blog.

Random Love Poem

Random Goth Poem

Do you like the poem? Is it a real poem?

Post a Link to Your Digital Collage Here!

Post your digital collage here to share with the class.

Visual Arts & Poetry

What do you think leaves a stronger impact on a viewer: a poem or a painting? Defend your answer. Compare and contrast the visual arts with the written word. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each medium?

Concrete Poem

1. What is a concrete poem? Look it up. Paste an example into your blog, and write your own.

Blog Topics: November 2nd, 2010

1. Mandatory Blog

Pick any of the poets we have studied this semester and look up his or her biographical information on the internet. Do not use Wikipedia. Try the following sites first. Summarize what you read, and post it on your blog. Do not cut and past the information directly from the site.

http://www.poets.org/


http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

What are three questions you would ask the poet about his or her life and work?



2. Choose one of the following topics and post it on your blog.


Option #1

Write a poem about your poet, elaborating on one of the interesting stories from his or her life.

Option #2

Choose any of the characters from any of the poems we have read this semester and write another story about the character’s life.

Writing in Character

What do you think are the characteristics of a well-written character? Choose one of the persona poems from this week and explain what makes this character portrait effective.

Character and Poetry

Post your people watching poem here if you would like to share it with the class!