Arts & Literature: Poetry
Poetry Comes in Search of You 
Listen to Il Postino
The Soul Food Cafe provides prompts and challenges for those who wish to participate in the Pythian Games This is one, suggested activity. In Il Postino, Neruda introduces Mario to his world of poetry. He teaches him how to feel it and how to love it, and Mario, who is a brilliant student, goes even further: first he learns how to use poetry and then he attempts to write his own poems. Some years ago Year Nine students listened to the sound track of Il Postino and listed the words that caug...
Listen to Il Postino
The Soul Food Cafe provides prompts and challenges for those who wish to participate in the Pythian Games This is one, suggested activity. In Il Postino, Neruda introduces Mario to his world of poetry. He teaches him how to feel it and how to love it, and Mario, who is a brilliant student, goes even further: first he learns how to use poetry and then he attempts to write his own poems. Some years ago Year Nine students listened to the sound track of Il Postino and listed the words that caug...
Poetry Websites
Deborah Swain
Poetry by Deborah Swain
A selection of poems from chapbooks by Deborah Swain - Kissing Gate - Through the Skylight - About Gravity - Filling the Silence with a Sigh
Poetry by Deborah Swain
A selection of poems from chapbooks by Deborah Swain - Kissing Gate - Through the Skylight - About Gravity - Filling the Silence with a Sigh
Poetry Tutorial
Custom Art There are many forms of poems: Haiku: 5 syllables 7 syllables 5 syllables usu. about nature, seasons, etc. Senryu: same as Haiku except about embarrising or funny things. Nonet: 1st line 9 syllables, 2nd line 8 syllables, 3rd line 6 syllables, etc. Narrative: Poem that tells a story. Usu. rhymes. Villanelle: A1 b A2 a b A1 a b A2 a b A1 a b A2 a b A1 A2 (all the a's rhyme with a's and the b's rhyme with b's. All the A1's are the exact same lines, and all the A2's are the exact sam...
Custom Art There are many forms of poems: Haiku: 5 syllables 7 syllables 5 syllables usu. about nature, seasons, etc. Senryu: same as Haiku except about embarrising or funny things. Nonet: 1st line 9 syllables, 2nd line 8 syllables, 3rd line 6 syllables, etc. Narrative: Poem that tells a story. Usu. rhymes. Villanelle: A1 b A2 a b A1 a b A2 a b A1 a b A2 a b A1 A2 (all the a's rhyme with a's and the b's rhyme with b's. All the A1's are the exact same lines, and all the A2's are the exact sam...
2008-06-25 08:55:01
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