State Poets Laureate Deliver Brightness After Invitation From New York Times
In their Times pieces, the writers gave thanks for some phenomena specific to their states — “proximity to water, August at Narragansett Beach, / and lobster,” in Rhode Island, for instance. But there were also many common threads: gratitude for natural wonders, for neighbors, family and health care workers, for health itself.Pulling the project together…
Repetition, Repetition, Repetition: Working With Alliteration, Anaphora and Epistrophe in Poetry
Poets adore alliteration, the repetition of consonant sounds in adjacent, nearby or connected words.See how Carolina Ebeid grabs the reader’s attention by repeating the “b” sound in the first few lines of the poem “Albeit”:Because I have wanted to make you somethingbeautiful, I borrowed a book on how to keepa bee-hive made of glass.And how…
Page, Stage and Screen: Can You Guess This Award-Winning Poet?
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4 Poems You Can Create From Your Newspaper
4 Poems You Can Create From Your NewspaperNatalie Proulx📰 Making newspaper poetryLeah UmanskyA cento poem. Cento is a Latin word, meaning “patchwork.” In this type of poetry, you’ll patch together lines from articles, headlines, quotes or even photo captions to create a poem of your own.Here’s how to make a cento poem.
Page and Screen: Can You Guess This Versatile Author?
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Do You Recognize the Locations Described in These Poems?
In 1914, Carl Sandburg published a poem that began:Hog Butcher for the World,Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;Stormy, husky, brawling,City of the Big Shoulders:What is the name of the city in the poem? (Hint: Despite having sports-team mascots that include Bulls and Bears, this city is not the high-finance…
