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One seal particularly I have seen here evening after evening. He was curious about me. He was interested in music; like me a believer in total immersion, so I used to sing to him... -from Elizabeth Bishop's "At the Fishhouses" I am given a pony for my birthday, but it is the wrong kind of pony. It is the kind of pony that won't listen. It is testy. When I ask it to go left, it goes right. When I ask it to run, it sleeps on its side in the tall grass..." -from Zachary Schomburg's "Testy Pony" Other poems to read: "Three Foxes by the Edge of the Field at Twilight" by Jane Hirshfield "The Pasture" by Robert Frost The Hippo A head or a tail—which does he lack? I think his forward's coming back! He lives on carrots, leeks and hay; he starts to yawn—it takes all day— Some time I think I'll live that way. -Theodore Roethke Details from a specific place that you know. For instance, a pasture, forest or shoreline. Animals or wildlife that you know visit this place too, or animals that you would like to encounter. How it makes you feel to spend time in this place or with this animal. When you write, try to combine three elements: 1. 2. 3. Write a poem that imagines the secret life of an animal you wonder about. The Donkey I had a donkey, that was all right, but he always wanted to fly my kite; every time I let him, the string would bust. Your donkey is better behaved, I trust. -Theodore Roethke Created by H.K. Hummel and the Little Rock Writing Project for #writeout 2020 Sponsored by the National Writing Project and National Park Service. Share your poems with me at [email protected]. Use your senses to describe the colors, patterns, scents, and sounds of both the place and the animal that is moving through the place. Describe everything you can about the animal: What do they look like? How do they move? What details capture their personality or behavior or favorite things? Describe what makes you curious. What questions do you wonder when you think about the animal you are describing? Don't be afraid to make it funny or surprising or silly. What if you make up something wildly outlandish about what would happen if you interacted with the animal? Tips for making your poem come alive: Nature poems = [ Place + Wildlife + You ]
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One seal particularly I have seen here evening afterevening. He was curious about me. He was interested inmusic; like me a believer in total immersion, so I used tosing to him... -from Elizabeth Bishop's "At the Fishhouses"
I am given a pony for my birthday, but it is the wrongkind of pony. It is the kind of pony that won't listen. It istesty. When I ask it to go left, it goes right. When I ask itto run, it sleeps on its side in the tall grass..." -from Zachary Schomburg's "Testy Pony"
Other poems to read: "Three Foxes by the Edge of the Field at Twilight" by JaneHirshfield
"The Pasture" by Robert Frost
The Hippo
A head or a tail—which does he lack? I think his forward's coming back!He lives on carrots, leeks and hay; he starts to yawn—it takes all day—
Some time I think I'll live that way. -Theodore Roethke
Details from a specific place that you know. Forinstance, a pasture, forest or shoreline. Animals or wildlife that you know visit this placetoo, or animals that you would like to encounter. How it makes you feel to spend time in this placeor with this animal.
When you write, try to combine three elements: 1.
2.
3.
Write a poem thatimagines the secret lifeof an animal youwonder about.
The Donkey
I had a donkey, that was all right, but he always wanted to fly my kite; every time I let him, the string would bust. Your donkey is better behaved, I trust.
-Theodore Roethke
Created by H.K. Hummel and the Little Rock Writing Project for #writeout 2020 Sponsored by the National Writing Project and National Park Service.
Share your poems with me at [email protected].
Use your senses to describe the colors, patterns,scents, and sounds of both the place and the animalthat is moving through the place. Describe everything you can about the animal: Whatdo they look like? How do they move? What detailscapture their personality or behavior or favoritethings? Describe what makes you curious. What questions doyou wonder when you think about the animal you aredescribing? Don't be afraid to make it funny or surprising or silly.
What if you make up something wildly outlandishabout what would happen if you interacted with theanimal?
Tips for making your poem come alive:
Nature poems =[ Place + Wildlife + You ]
