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Like a Simile

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing   The poets at Amundsen this week had a blast writing exquisite corpses inspired by the poem “Like a Simile” by Mark Cox. The young poets paired up […]

Slow Down, Heaven Can Wait

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing   The poets at Amundsen this week had a blast writing from the pov of an animal. We read “The Heaven of Animals” by James Dickey and Frank […]

Five Minutes of Fame

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing   This week the Viking writers read Morgan Parker’s “Beyonce on the Line for Gaga.” We chatted about persona poems and how voice and tone influence a poem’s […]

A New Challenger Has Entered the Arena

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing This week the Viking writers read Brigit Pegeen Kelly’s “The Leaving.” We brainstormed our own accomplishments and goals for the future. The young poets were then tasked with […]

What In The World of A Poem

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing This week the Viking writers read “The Quiet World” by Jeffery McDaniel. We explored what restrictions society places on us and what restrictions we place on ourselves. We […]

What Makes a Poem?!

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing For our first lesson together at Amundsen, the students read Rachel Richardson’s “Questions”. We discussed the parts of a poem and how image can drive the emotional response […]

And Again At Last We Ask: What Is Poetry?

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing This week the students at Amundsen approached our next to last class with the same question we started with: what is poetry? We read “Build, Now, a Monument” […]

Poetry at the Movies

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing   This week the students at Amundsen went into the cinematic universe and looked at poetry that uses movie like techniques. We read “Please Refrain from Talking During […]

Reportage Poems

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing This week the students at Amundsen were just as excited for poetry as spring break. We explored reportage poems or poems that acted as journalistic reflection of the […]

Ars Poetica

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing   This week the students at Amundsen got deep then went even deeper. We explored the Ars Poetica form and talked about urgency in writing. We read “Blk […]

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