1. Creative Writing

3. You Said:

4. Writers Say
 “The natural language of all worship”
 “devil’s wine”
 “an imitation of imitation”
 “painting that speaks”
 “a criticism of life”
 “a way of taking life by the throat”
 “an escape from emotion”
 “the antithesis of science”

5. Writers Say
 “Poems are not language, but the content
of the language” (Mary Oliver).
 “It is a kind of possible love affair between
something like the heart (that courageous
but also shy factor of emotion) and the
learned skills of the conscious mind” (Mary
Oliver).
 “Poetry is a river; many voices travel in it;
poem after poem moves along in the
exciting crests and falls of the river waves”
(Mary Oliver).

6. Writers Say
 “Poetry is memorable speech” (W.H.
Auden).
 “Poems obey no rules and serve no
single purpose; rather they adapt to the
distinct needs of specific times and
individual poets… Any definition we
formulate precludes others and
imprisons us prematurely in a partial
understanding of poetry” (Carol Burke
and Molly Best Tinsley).

7. Writers Say
 “an extreme emotional passage that
runs throughout the human body
internally releasing the full extent of
one’s true being” (Jose C.)

8. Types of Poetry
• Narrative Poetry
• tells a story.
• Common types of narrative poetry include ballads and
epics.
• Lyric Poetry
• highly musical verse that expresses the emotions of the
speaker.
• Common types are sonnets, odes, free verse and elegies.
• Dramatic poetry
• verse that relies heavily on dramatic elements such as
monologue, or dialogue.
• Two types of dramatic poetry are dramatic monologue
and soliloquy.

12. You Said:

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17. How will we do these things?
 Read and discuss examples.
 Try to write our own.
 Use strategies the pros use.
 Stretch ourselves using all sorts of
prompts.
 Practice in our journals.