Tuesday, October 20, 2009

For Thursday October 22, 2009

Read all the poems on the left. Read them twice.

Then, for EVERY poem, in your journal:

1, Write your immediate reactions to the poem. Did you like it, hate it, understand it, etc.

2, Record words, phrases, lines, that had an effect on you. Positively or negatively.

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UPCOMING POEMS - WHO IS PRESENTING WHAT AND WHEN?

Everyone is responsible for finding and reading each of these poems and making jounal entries for each one--reactions, good or bad, strong or indifferent, but say more. Come to class with questions for your peers.

October, 22, 2009
1, Walt Whitman, "Continuities" - Amanda Roberts
2, Walt Whitman, "Pioneers! Pioneers!" -- Tim Cayet
3, Edgar Allen POe, "The Tell Tale Heart" -Paula Mull
4, Edgar Allen Poe, "A Dream within a Dream" -- Emily Drexler

October 27, 2009
1, Frost, "Fire and Ice," --Andrew Walkley
2, Frost, "The Road Not Taken," -- Brian Knack
3, EMily Dickinson, "Tell all the Truth..." Alex Marshall
4, Sir Walter Raleigh, "Life" -- Justin Falk
5, Percy Shelley, "Ozymandias" Chase Jones

October 29, 2009
1, Pablo Neruda, Sidney Edwards (poem to come)
2, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "How do I love thee?" Courtney Mathis
3, Robert Browning, "Pophyria's Lover" -- Morgan Mann
4, Maya Angelou, "Touched by an Angel," --Clara Penn

November 3, 2009
1, Allen Ginsberg, "A Supermarket in California" Jo Hoyle
2, Ginsberg, "Howl" - Summer Irvin
3, Sylvia Plath, "Daddy," Whitney Hall
4, Nikki Giovanni, "Ego tripping" -- Gina Thomas

November 5, 2009
1, Francisco HErnandez, "Bajo Cero" - Bianca Balderman
2, The Beatles, "Happiness is a warm gun," --Ali Edge
3, ALter Start, "New Start," --Seth HOlloway
4, Elliot Smith, "Farwell," ?