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Poetry Appreciation workshop. Hayley Durham - Senior Project . Why Poetry? . No restrictions and All the freedom A poet wants No pressure of perfect Grammar and sentence structure No worries of verbalizing feelings or complex logic Control over the words in one’s head - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Hayley Durham - Senior Project
POETRY APPRECIATION WORKSHOP
• No restrictions and All the freedom A poet wants
• No pressure of perfect Grammar and sentence structure
• No worries of verbalizing feelings or complex logic
• Control over the words in one’s head
• Having others understand, where verbalizing would be uncertain
WHY POETRY?
• The oldest form of communication among humans• Celtic Poems tell of historic events
• Greek laws were written in stanza (four line) form• Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy • Chaucer Canterbury Tales
• Poets were treasured for their talents“King Assassination Saviors”
• King Fredrick’s “Courtly” love of poetry
• Then Famous “Shakespeare”
WHAT IS POETRY?
“First, Forget everything you have learned,That poetry is difficult,
That it cannot be appreciated by the likes of you…To read poetry requires only courage…
Treat poetry like dirt,Humus (black) rich and heavy from the garden…
Poetry demands surrender,Language saying what is true…
Read a poem a day…When you can name five poets…and don’t even notice…
Congratulations.You can now read poetry.”
HOW TO READ A POEM: BEGINNER'S MANUAL
BY: PAMELA SPIRO WAGNER
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It’s okay if you don’t know yet. I’m here to help.
WHO OR WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE POET OR POEM?
• Is it simple? Complex? None-sense?
• Does the topic interest you?
• Does the poem lighten moods? Invoke thought, or bring ease to your day?
WHY DO YOU LIKE YOUR POEM?
WHAT MAKES A POEM GREAT?
What are your Thoughts?
• A safe environment where creative minds can wander
• Group discuss and readings of written poems
• Educate those who attend on the different poetry forms
• Activities to show how poetry can be fun and enjoyable
National Poetry Month (April)Leading up to this:
• Expressive Poetry Posters
• April 18th Poem in Your Pocket Day
• Academy of American Poets Dear Poet Project
Inside the Workshops Outside the Workshops
WHAT TO EXPECT
POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY
Prose is the form of a written sentence; the universal way of communicating in print. Right now, this is prose.
PROSE
ProseExample sentence:
The irritating clashing of voices
from both the older generation of
students and those of the small
children being watched here always
seems to distract me from my work.
Poetry:Example Stanza:
Voices clashing, clawing my ears;
Silence? Chaosclashing and clawing my
ears
PROSE VERSUS POETRY
TRY YOURSELF
Take that sentence you wrote and try the exercise and write a poem stanza, or more if you’re brave, and see what you get
March 22 +
Month of AprilNational Poetry Month
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