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“Where I’m From” ~ Personal Story Poems @ Avondale Logandale

Last week, we read “Where I’m From,” a personal story poem adapted from a longer poem by George Ella Lyon. We had fun discussing the poems and the use of imagery that stood out […]

“I am the sun shining so bright” ~ Reverse Personification @ Avondale Logandale

In week 10, we continued to stretch our poetic imaginations with reverse personification poems of nature delight! We had fun reading “The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee” by N. Scott Momaday and using that poem […]

“Purple is the queen of colors” ~ Color Personification Poems @ Avondale Logandale

In week 9, we stretched our poetic imaginations with personification poems about colors and continued to work on writing poems with multiple stanzas. We had fun discussing ways we can imagine colors as people […]

Magical Metaphors/ Library Poems @ Avondale Logandale

In week eight of poetry class, we had fun reading a poem about a magical library tour. We talked about writing multiple stanzas and using metaphors (comparisons without the use of “like” or “as”) […]

Winter Haikus @ Avondale Logandale

In week seven of poetry class, we had fun reading haiku poems and drawing winter scenes to help inspire our own haiku poems – a short three line poem that creates an image of […]

Swan of Bees : A Piano of Candy – Juxtaposition Poems @ Avondale Logandale

This week we had fun playing around with silly language! We discussed the idea that a poet can place two strange things side by side ( a swan of bees…a kiss of babies…an eraser […]

Dream Poems @ Avondale Logandale

This week, we enjoyed reading, drawing, and writing dream poems! We talked about how the descriptive words in the poems we read aloud together helped us visualize the authors’ dreams in our own minds. […]

Clouds are like flying ice cream/ Comparison Poems @ Avondale Logandale

In week 3, we had fun exploring comparison poems! We talked about how things that are different can share similarities and shared some of our favorite lines from a round of comparison poems that […]

Sound Poems @ Avondale Logandale

In our second week of poetry class, we explored using poetry to make noise on paper. We read a round of sound poems together before taking some time to write our own sound poems […]

Wish Poems @ Avondale Logandale

In our first week of poetry class, we discussed the Hands on Stanzas poetry class residency (art class with words) and what I and they can expect during our time together – imaginative writing, […]

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