Seventh Grade's Poetry Master Class with Mr. Richard Morgan
What is a poem and how do you write one?
BT grandparent and poet Richard Morgan answered those questions for Mrs. Maureen Jaffe's seventh grade English classes.
The Three Dont's:
BT grandparent and poet Richard Morgan answered those questions for Mrs. Maureen Jaffe's seventh grade English classes.
The Three Dont's:
- Don't sit down to write a poem – that's too scary
- Don't think about the grade you will get with your finished poem – that stifles creativity
- Don't let rhyme fule the line. There's nothing wrong with rhyme, it's just very hard.
- Simply set down words and phrases tha texpress the feeling or experience you wish to tell.
- Next, organize your words into poetic lines and stanzas.
- Now expand on your words. Write for yourself, but rewrite for your reader. Poets rewrite their words many, many times. Much of editing (rewriting) is pruning.
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