PERMISSIONS: To view the blog, post on it, and comment on posts, you must be invited. I will send you an email invitation to join the blog, and then you must follow the instructions to join up and begin posting. You can't join the blog without first creating a Google account.

POSTING: Post your poems by clicking "New Post" at the top right of the page. Paste your poem into the window.

LABELING: Then label the post with the assignment name (i.e., "confessional poem," "sonnet," etc.), your name (i.e., "Tony Barnstone," etc.), and the week (i.e., "week one," "week two," but not "week 1"--spell out your numbers). If you post a poem in week two that is due in week three, label it "week three." When you begin to type in a label, the program will fill it in for you, so your post will be labeled with the rest of the poems in the same category.

COMMENTING: Afterwards, you can "comment" on the posts of your classmates. Post "group one" and "group two" one-page critical responses as "comments" on the posted poems, but also print out copies for me and for the poet and give them to us in class.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

CLASS RENGA!

Class renga! Dorothy has posted the haiku below to start us off, and then each class member must add one stanza to the poem. Look at T&W Handbook (159), but remember I want you to count your syllables: 5/7/5 for the haiku, and 7/7 syllables for the linking poem. Remember to alternate 3-line poems with 2-line poems. This is a collaborative exercise, so try to get into the mood of it. If it’s a funny poem, be funny; if it’s serious, be serious.

Each student should copy the whole poem into his or her comment and then add his or her own stanza, so that the whole poem keeps growing.

family of five
saddle the motored horse ass
towards destiny
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7 comments:

  1. Alexander JohnsonMarch 12, 2009 at 2:01 AM

    family of five
    saddle the motored horse ass
    towards destiny,

    trembling and swaying under
    the gaze of Seraphim eyes.

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  2. Xan CalonneMarch 12, 2009 at 8:15 AM

    family of five
    saddle the motored horse ass
    towards destiny,

    trembling and swaying under
    the gaze of Seraphim eyes.

    Blanching in the gaze,
    tiptoeing meekly under
    exhaling freely.

    ReplyDelete
  3. kelseyMarch 12, 2009 at 5:54 PM

    family of five
    saddle the motored horse ass
    towards destiny,

    trembling and swaying under
    the gaze of Seraphim eyes.

    Blanching in the gaze,
    tiptoeing meekly under
    exhaling freely.

    Directing their breath upwards
    Watching the trails left behind

    ReplyDelete
  4. Christina Marie A.March 12, 2009 at 6:48 PM

    family of five
    saddle the motored horse ass
    towards destiny,

    trembling and swaying under
    the gaze of Seraphim eyes.

    Blanching in the gaze,
    tiptoeing meekly under
    exhaling freely.

    Directing their breath upwards
    Watching the trails left behind

    spiced air leaks amber
    as they chase the far star light
    and blue goddess dreams

    ReplyDelete
  5. michael knoxMarch 16, 2009 at 10:27 PM

    family of five
    saddle the motored horse ass
    towards destiny,

    trembling and swaying under
    the gaze of Seraphim eyes.

    Blanching in the gaze,
    tiptoeing meekly under
    exhaling freely.

    Directing their breath upwards
    Watching the trails left behind

    spiced air leaks amber
    as they chase the far star light
    and blue goddess dreams

    to touch the heavens,
    footprints swept clean, death...

    ReplyDelete
  6. CelinaMarch 19, 2009 at 2:41 PM

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  7. CelinaMarch 19, 2009 at 2:44 PM

    family of five
    saddle the motored horse ass
    towards destiny,

    trembling and swaying under
    the gaze of Seraphim eyes.

    Blanching in the gaze,
    tiptoeing meekly under
    exhaling freely.

    Directing their breath upwards
    Watching the trails left behind

    spiced air leaks amber
    as they chase the far star light
    and blue goddess dreams

    to touch the heavens,
    footprints swept clean, death...

    minding peacock splays
    gripping, tangled, coalesced
    in defense of night

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