Valentines Poem Exercise

Today, during 4th period, please draft a couple love-type poems. These are typically odes: poems of praise where the speaker of the poem praises someone or something. Time to fall in love all over again. Go ahead and write following the directions here:

Task: write a poem that compares two things in a creative or unexpected way. To start, choose a feeling or abstract idea. Then compare this feeling/idea with a concrete and specific noun. See models for an example. If you finish before the time is up, try to write a second or third poem.

"Your Arms are Stronger than the Words" by Katy Montgomery

Your arms are stronger than the words of the Gettysburg Address.
Yet soft and warm as clothes in a dryer.

And your eyes--bluer than Boston in a World Series,
Deeper than the stack of papers on my desk.

Your voice rings like the phone in the middle of dinner,
It bubbles in me like milk blown through a straw.

How much do I love you?
More than a fire loves oxygen.
More than the mailman loves Sundays.
More than the Rabbit loves Trix.

Task: Write a "love poem" to one of your body parts (please do NOT write about your genitals). Look here for a model:

"Homage to my Hips" by Lucille Clifton:

these hips are big hips.

they need space to 

move around in.

they don't fit into little

petty places. these hips

are free hips.

they don't like to be held back.

these hips have never been enslaved,

they go where they want to go 

they do what they want to do. 

these hips are mighty hips.

these hips are magic hips.

i have known them

to put a spell on a man and 

spin him like a top.

If you finish your poem drafts, please put them in your portfolio for safe keeping. You may work on your blog, journal, or continue to read The Thief of Always if you finish early.

HOMEWORK: Complete the homework for the post below.