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April 12, 2008
National Poetry Month
In honor of National Poetry Month, I've posted a new prompt on Prose Takes a Holiday. I use it in one of my classes to help my students see that 1) they can do anything, and 2) poetry isn't just for Shakespeare, serious people and/or Dr. Seuss. My friend Kate taught me the exercise. It's fast and it rocks.
And because I'm a firm believer in the power of the spoken word, I showed these two videos to my students in class. Two slam poets demonstrating that you can write a poem about anything.
Taylor Mali - Like Lily Like Wilson
Helena D. Lewis- Stank Breath
Posted by sally at April 12, 2008 12:00 PM
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