found poem and dear sherly

Found Poem

Wrongfully accused
Legally blonde mean girls
Stuck on Joe Dirt
Ride the Green Mile
Over the Hedge



Dear Sherly

Dear Sherly,
This is a letter for you
Explaining my apologies
For the last couple problems
With the dogs

We are in the prosses
Of training them
To remain in the backyard

Also, we will getting
The fence nailed up
To minimize their escape routes
Also, we apologies,
For the tresh we had built up
In the back alley
We will remain to keep that clean
And enough room for fire trucks.

Thank you.

my poem

She walked across her abaculus
But that first line was buffaloing
This will be no decastich
Not a lot of diphthongs
Some see this as egregious
Its been a funambulate putting this together

Word list

Abaculus- small mosaic tile made of glass or marble
Buffaloing- to decieve or hoodwink
Decastich- ten line poem
Diphthong-complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with another vowel sound
Egregious- outstandingly bad
Funambulate- to tightrope walk

Word Poem and Poetry Questions

Word Poem


A few interesting words...

purblind
sunder
squall
carnage
plexus
recumbent
clay
quaff
pukka
vitriolic

His vitriolic gaze was obvious, even by his profile.
He seemed to be purblind in his rage and nothing else existed.
She remained recumbent in the corner behind him.
Her fear was pukka and she was powerless to hide it.
Each of them could see the squall ahead and sunder was the only way out.


and my questions...

Page 748
"The Victory" by Anne Stevenson
1. The speaker describes her son like a regret or a downfall she has. She sounds like she resents him. It almost appears that she had hoped to live her life's dreams through her child, "I thought you were my victory," but he possibly let her down or caused her pain in some way, "you cut me like a knife." I think she sounds bitter about his accomplishments, "The stains of your cloud of glory bled from my veins."

2. The speaker might call him "antagonist" because in her mind, he is her opponent; they work against each other. He could be in the way of making her dreams a reality in that he doesn't turn out the way she had hoped he would. The two could be competing for something; glory, power, love or affection.

3. This could be called "The Victory" because the child was supposed to be that for his mother. It could also be a insincere title, like he is the supposed "victory" of her, one that never worked out. It seems to have a sarcastic tone.

4. The mention of the knife as she "brought you out of my body into your life" suggests the baby was born by cesarean. As a not-so-literal meaning, I think it says she resents him and his needing her when she says the "bladed cries." The knife symbolizes the pain the boy has caused her.

Slam Poetry

http://www.virtualpoetryslam.net/main/

This is a website that had some sort of contest of slam poetry. Some of the entries on the site are just typed, but there are a lot of videos, and some are really cool. See what you think!

3 things due today.

p. 730 #4 Write a 5 line poem...
WORDS: eccentric, plethora, magnificent, giggle, awkward

The quietest giggle
is a magnificent sight
An awkward smile
makes for a plethora
of eccentric endings...


QUESTIONS: Jennifer Reeser, p. 738. "Winter-Proof"
1. The word calendula in the poem gives contrats to the other flowers mentioned, violet, camellia, and rose.
2. Mentioning graveyard in there gives meaning to the violet, camielia, and rose because unlike the others, they will die in the winter, while the calendula and others will live through the winter.


p.755 Robert Bly, "Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter"

It is a cold and snowy night. The main street is deserted.
The only things moving are swirls of snow.
As i lift the mailbox door, i feel it's cold iron.
There is a privacy i love in this snowy night.
Driving around, i will waste more time.

IN MY OWN WORDS:
Mainstreet was cold and snowy at night
Snow was the only thing moving
i open the cold mailbox
i love private snowy nights
i waste time driving.