Poetry Prompt
Last week of poetry month cue the tears!
Hello poets!
I hope you have been inspired by new forms and have been busy on your own verse!
For our last poetry post for the month I want to go back to basics. The part of me that is a poet and life long lover of poetry feels compelled to share my knowledge and my expertise. And that part of me reeeeally wants to launch into history, and line by line syllabic and iambic breakdowns of some of the most stunning works every composed. Who wouldn’t right? But this is coming from a place of years of worshiping at the poetry alter and if you are 8-13, that may not be your experience.
This semester I have been so fortunate to teach a poetry workshop to kids in NYC at a wonderful school called Cottonwood. I say fortunate because I genuinely LOVE to read, write, and talk about poetry with kids, and because when you teach you are lucky enough to be in a position to learn from your students and see first hand how people relate to poetry.
So far this workshop brought me back to the origins of what makes poetry so fantastic and so necessary. And what better way to honor this by sharing it in a post with you.
Top poetry takeaways:
Poetry helps us question and lean into our curiosities
It gives us a place to be playful with language
Offers us new and inspired ways to communicate
If you know me I could be sitting here till next poetry month listing all the ways poetry has value, but this week we are focusing on the ways it is fun and supportive. There will still be a definition of “couplets” but our main focus is to learn the ways to enjoy poetry so it can find a place in your day to days.
Later this week I am sending out prompts and lessons to match these poetry takeaways. As well as going into depth about what makes these points valuable ones. That post will be for PAID subscribers only. If you would like to become a paid subscriber and support this community of learners AND get access to all lessons and prompts, please do! If the cost is prohibitive, please reach out to me personally and I will gladly offer you a discount. The goal is to bring learning to as many young readers and writers as possible. Olivia.mardwig@gmail.com to email direct. Slide into those DMs!
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