Today, we started by reading "Beehive," by Jean Toomer which can be found at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148499/beehive. His poem is a great example of the use of imagery, as well as having some examples of alliteration and onomatopoeia used in a poem.
Here is one definition of imagery:
While somewhat formulaic, this image poem form pushes writers to use sensory imagery. We started by collaborating with each of us contributing one image to create a "Quiet Poem" using this outline:
Then we each wrote an image poem, following that model with the following suggested topics from which to choose:
- Quiet Poem
- Loud Poem
- Silent Poem
- Winter Poem
- Summer Poem
- Morning Poem
- Night Poem
- Waiting Poem
- Calm Poem
- Anxious Poem
After about 10-15 minutes of writing time, we all shared our image poems or poem sketches.
Ina pointed out today that her cousin had some of his poems featured on the "Writer's Almanac." Here are the links to three poems and a short biography:
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