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English 206: Writing Poetry
Everything from my first poetry class ever.
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In this folder are all of my assignments from the first writing class I've ever taken. Unfortunately, it's all poetry...and I can't say that I'm an incredible poet.

Each item is a different assignment; the earliest ones are the farthest down the page.

"The The" Poem: Pick an object—and object—and describe it in absolute concrete detail.

Object Poem: Everyone in the class brought in a random object, and we had to write a poem including every object.

Persona Poem: We had to pick a person who should be seperated from us by distance, age, time, and/or gender, and write a poem from their perspective.

Metatative Vision Poem: Don't ask—'cause I don't even think I know. Hence, a bad poem.

Ekphrastic Poem: A poem on a work of art.

Short Poem: Hopefully this is self-explanatory.

Free Form: Once again...I have no idea.

Self Portrait: A poem about yourself...but a metaphysical version of yourself.

Days Of: Pick a time distant from yourself—at least five years—and write about it. It has to be called "Days of [whatever year]".

Sonnet: The trick to writing a sonnet is to do it in a way that isn't cliche. You'll see I failed...and this is the one poem that I left out of my portfolio at the end of the semester.

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The Garbage Can  [E]   0.8 KB
A poem that describes what may be the foulest thing in your kitchen: the garbage can.

The Yard Sale  [E]   2.0 KB
A poem written from the most random collection of objects I've ever seen.

Executioner, Auschwitz  [13+]   1.6 KB
The story of a German soldier as he meets his Jewish neighbor in Auschwitz.

Holy Hula  [E]   1.5 KB
This is an ekphrastic poem written for my first poetry class.

The Winter Rose  [E]   0.7 KB
A sonnet about a rose. Oh, cliché...

Greenfield  [ASR]   0.2 KB
A short poem about my neighborhood.

Plane Crash  [E]   0.7 KB
A free form poem. In other words, just something completely random.

The Hospital Room  [13+]   1.8 KB
The real reason why I'm afraid of doctors, needles, and hospitals.

The Self, on Itself  [13+]   1.2 KB
A self-portrait written for my "Writing Poetry" workshop Freshman semester.

Days of 1993  [13+]   0.9 KB
Another poetry worksop poem, called a "days of..." assignment.