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Advice to future generations
What advice would you give to future generations? Your message could be in the form of a letter or poem.
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Cowboys and Indians
Write a poem about how a stereotype has influenced your life.
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Squirrels
Write a poem about one of your childhood memories.
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Legacy
Write your own poem to honour an ancestor. You could use the person’s name and relationship to you as the first line of the poem. On the next line, write two adjectives to describe him or her, what he or she did, and a short description of the person’s desires, fears, and loves on following…
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As in the Beginning
“As in the Beginning” by Mary di Michele is a grimly realistic retelling of events that express regret, anger and bitterness. Theme: A person’s loss of limb can never be adequately recompensed with money; when someone we love is injured, his/her pain can become ours. Techniques: parallel structure simile alliteration personification understatement Issues: What makes…
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Borrowed Poetry
Poets and other writers often use a quotation or line from someone else’s work to inspire them or provide a context for their own creations. Choose a line for one of your favourite poems(Canadian or American) and use it as a starting point for a poem of your own.