Poetry Assignments 1/27A-1/28B
“I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree…” The start of this poem has been the inspiration for “adopting” a tree and writing about it. We had a beautiful day outside today to work on creating a poem about a tree on the Maverick Trail. The students are writing extended metaphor poems where their tree is compared to something else; I’ve been impressed at their ideas so far!
HW: “Self-Portrait” Poem – FIND (not write!) a poem that is a good representation of you, an experience you’ve had, or a situation you’ve dealt with. You may use famous, published poets (see examples below) or you may find any poem on the internet. NO SONG LYRICS (this time!) 
Just make sure that you bring a copy of the poem with the title, author, and source (the book or web address). Be ready to write about how the poem relates to you (but we will complete that part in class). This is due next week – 2/2 A and 2/3 B.
Poets you might be interested in:
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Wordsworth, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Ogden Nash, Naomi Shihab Nye, Pat Mora, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, E.E. Cummings, Gary Soto, T.S. Eliot, Maya Angelou…so many more…the media center has great books, too, if you want to check something out!