 Poetry: December 07, 2010 Issue [#4118] |
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This week: Checking it Twice: The List Poem Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3  
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"You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you."
Joseph Joubert (1754-1824)
"Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions."
Joseph Roux (1725-1793)
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List Poem aka Inventory Poem aka Catalog Poem
My first experience with a list poem left me confused. The instructions only told me I needed to have a list of items or events, and I did just that. However, the poem felt incomplete. It needed something to hold the pieces together. You'll find suggestions to help you with this in the tips and tricks section below.
BRIEF HISTORY
List poetry has been around as long as people have wanted to remember things. "They appear in lists of family lineage in the Bible and in the lists of heroes in the Trojan War in Homer's Illiad" (Franco 131).
MUST HAVES
--Must be a list of activities, items, experiences or events.
COULD HAVES or What's The Poet's Choice In All This?
--Any rhyme (or no rhyme)
--Any meter (or no set meter)
--Long or short, it's up to you.
TIPS & TRICKS
--Choose a title that sets the tone of the poem.
--Always be mindful of the images you are presenting in your poem (think about
your theme and tone).
--Select a powerful ending that matches your theme and tone of the poem. This means end it with something like humor, an "ah ha" moment, or a powerful image.
OF NOTE
The following link gives further information on list poems, as well as an interesting look into this particular poet's process: http://www.rcowen.com/PDFs/Franco%20Ch%2020%20for%20web.pdf
This link will help beginning list poem writers with ideas for a couple different topics and ideas on how to write them: http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetclass/lessons/bugsme.html
Source Notes:
Franco, Betsy. Conversations with a poet: inviting poetry into K-12 classrooms. Katonah, NY: Richard C Owen Pub, 2005.
Padgett, Ron. The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms. 2nd. NY: T & W Books, 2000.
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Comment: Novalis was German 1772-1801 wrote of German Romance. Novalis (Georg Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg) he died aged 28. "Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason" is the most correct quote or saying I've ever read. My Great Great Grand father was German.
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