Working with words driving question: “Why might I construct text that shows who I am right now?”
For this project we had to write 8 different poems about worldview!
Those 8 poems were:
- Simile Poem – 10 lines, describe your worldview with similes
- Haiku – 3, show a change in the third line results from a shift in your worldview
- Found Poem – choose a text that reveals something about your worldview that is at least 50/100 words, cut in half, write 3-5 sentences at the end showing how you changed the original text
- Imagery Poem – using alliteration and assonance, 10-15 lines, describe a part of your worldview that you haven’t discussed before
- Sound Poem – 10-15 lines, what is the sound of your worldview
- Experience Poem – 15-20 lines, using denotation/connotation, mood, and a specific theme, describe an experience that shaped your worldview
- Personification Poem – 10-15 lines, personify worldview itself (this could be your group’s poem or you can write your own)
- Self-Portrait Poem – 25-30 lines, who are you?
To see those 8 poems, click the link bellow to read my eBook!
And just for fun, heres a poem I wrote about gender dysphoria:
“Everyday I feel a little less at home
Stuck in this body, that I would not call my own
These pronouns,
These simple little words,
They burn a hole in my heart every time they are heard
This feminine waist,
This feminine chest,
This feminine face
Is all I have left.”
And now to answer the driving questions! “Why might I construct text that shows who I am right now?”
My answer:
“Making my own text makes you really have to think about who you are, I may even discover a new part of myself.”
Thank you so much for tuning, but I’ve gotta tune out!