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Poetry: December 07, 2010 Issue [#4118]

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 This week: Checking it Twice: The List Poem
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"You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you."

Joseph Joubert (1754-1824)


"Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions."

Joseph Roux (1725-1793)



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List Poem aka Inventory Poem aka Catalog Poem


My first experience with a list poem left me confused. The instructions only told me I needed to have a list of items or events, and I did just that. However, the poem felt incomplete. It needed something to hold the pieces together. You'll find suggestions to help you with this in the tips and tricks section below.

BRIEF HISTORY

List poetry has been around as long as people have wanted to remember things. "They appear in lists of family lineage in the Bible and in the lists of heroes in the Trojan War in Homer's Illiad" (Franco 131).

MUST HAVES

--Must be a list of activities, items, experiences or events.

COULD HAVES or What's The Poet's Choice In All This?

--Any rhyme (or no rhyme)
--Any meter (or no set meter)
--Long or short, it's up to you.

TIPS & TRICKS

--Choose a title that sets the tone of the poem.

--Always be mindful of the images you are presenting in your poem (think about
your theme and tone).

--Select a powerful ending that matches your theme and tone of the poem. This means end it with something like humor, an "ah ha" moment, or a powerful image.

OF NOTE

The following link gives further information on list poems, as well as an interesting look into this particular poet's process: http://www.rcowen.com/PDFs/Franco%20Ch%2020%20for%20web.pdf

This link will help beginning list poem writers with ideas for a couple different topics and ideas on how to write them: http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetclass/lessons/bugsme.html


Source Notes:


Franco, Betsy. Conversations with a poet: inviting poetry into K-12 classrooms. Katonah, NY: Richard C Owen Pub, 2005.

Padgett, Ron. The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms. 2nd. NY: T & W Books, 2000.



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Editor's Picks


Theme: List, catalog or inventory poems.

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List poem, sums up the book "Night" by Elie Wiesel.
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A list poem, of sorts, written for the Writers' Cramp
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Comments on last month's newsletter:


By: twon721
Comment: Novalis was German 1772-1801 wrote of German Romance. Novalis (Georg Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg) he died aged 28. "Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason" is the most correct quote or saying I've ever read. My Great Great Grand father was German.

Two of my great great grandfather's were German, also *Smile* Thanks for adding more information to the quote!


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Comment: Thanks for featuring my item in your editor's picks. Indeed, a poetic introspection on writing is a welcome break from writing, besides being an exercise in the rigours of writing itself. My favourite from the other items you picked was 'To Scrabble for Words'. I love how the poet drew an analogy with the game.


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Comment: It's interesting to find out what's out there.

Thank you both for sharing your thoughts and poetry.


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