Performance Poetry!

For our last session at Smyser, we broke into groups to create performance pieces based off our poems! Each poet contributed one poem to the group. Every group had to include the following in their piece: 1 element from everyone’s poem (line, metaphor, title, theme, etc.), everyone had to speak at least once, a title for your piece, and include a metaphor as one of your spoken lines! There was optional prompts to include props in your piece and movement. We discussed how to best share your work so the audience can hear you: speak loudly, make sure your back isn’t turned to the audience, and other performance tips. It was a fun and silly final day at Smyser.