week 10 free #2

I was looking at some videos for our upcoming project and these are two videos of poetry that caught my attention. These videos are taken from def poetry Jam. This form of poetry is where Hip Hop stems from. Now hip hop has turned into rapping. The difference being, rap artist dont talk about anything in depth. Hip Hop is slowly dying. Anyway I hope you enjoy the video.

week 10 critical #1

In class this week I learned how people can interpret poems in their own ways. I was the guardian for Cydney. After reading her poem I automatically thought it was a metaphor for a 3G phone and a man. This was so cool because I like how she linked the characteristics of a I phone to the characteristics you experience in a relationship. But the meaning I got from her poem was slightly different form what she wrote about. She was writing her poem in relation to I pod. Knowing this made her poem make more sense in certain places. For instance when she says "you make me think releasing me from the world around me" That doesn't connect to a phone, but it makes sense with a I pod. Class got even more interesting when one of my classmates spoke about what she thought the poem was about. She thought it was a "woman's toy" LOL I thought that was completely hilarious. The whole class re read the poem and at that moment we agreed that it could represent a "woman's toy". It actually fit better that way. I guess that is why workshops are so important. The title of a poem is important. The title can change the complete meaning of the poem. I will love to see the revision of the this poem.

Week 9 critical #3

I focused more so in found poems but I didn't really think about listing poems. I wanted to learn more about them so started to see if I could find some examples. While researching I found a website that allowed you to create a listing poem just by filling in the boxes. It was kind of fun, you just randomly writing stuff in the blanks and seeing how it would play out in the end. Here is the results of my poem

What’s in the pockets of my old coat
Half eaten piece bubble gum
Fat peace a of lent...
10 dollar bill my dad gave me for the store
two rusted pennies
ticket stubs from the movies
A rolled up piece of snot tissue
lip gloss that has no more luster
and a old note from and ex boyfriend

It was pretty cool. But of course I would like to work on making the poem more complex. Listing poems are not just random sentences put together but they have a purpose and work together for a greater meaning. These are some others poems I looked that were listing poems. According to "The excerpt from conversations with a Poet" List poems contain, repetition, it doesn't matter if it contains rhyming or not, and the ending is and strong and funny.

The are some other examples of listing poems

This morning I got up
on the wrong side of the bed
turned the shower water too hot
and scalded my head
mom yelled at me
dad ignored me
my puppy bit me
big brother hit me
could not find the lotion
nor the shampoo
wish I could go back to bed
...........and snooze.

Also

I went to the store
to pick up some bread
when I arrived
I got rolls instead
strolled through the veggies
and picked up fruits
got custard pudding
and brunswick stew
hit the dairy and
went for the eggs
then felt a pain in my legs
the load was heavy
and boy, was I sluggy
do you know why?
did not get a buggy.

I got these examples from Aspirennies.com

Sites I visited

http://www.rcowen.com/PDFs/Franco%20Ch%2020%20for%20web.pdf

http://www.aspirennies.com/private/SiteBody/Romance/Poetry/Styles/poemStyle11.shtml

http://www.aspirennies.com/private/SiteBody/Romance/Poetry/Styles/poemStyle11.shtml

To write you own listing poem http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/listpoem.htm