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"Every poem can be considered in two ways--as what the poet has to say, and as a thing which he makes..."
C. S. Lewis
" Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. "
T. S. Eliot
"Teach your children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary."
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School’s Back in Session. Time for a Poetry Lesson!
The past couple of weeks I’ve seen the back to school pictures and as a college academic advisor and mom, school sneaks into every corner of my life. As mom, I’ve made sure the kids are ready with their school supplies, and have acclimated to their new schedules. As academic advisor, I help students register for classes, and learn about majors, to mention only a couple of things I do on a daily basis—the list is long enough to put you to sleep!
Today I selected some poetry forms that remind me of kids and school.
Alouette
When I was in 2nd grade the kids at school made up a song about my last name. It bothered me then, as I’m sure it was meant to do, lol. Songs abound in schools, from kids’ taunts to music class to songs to help kids learn.
I selected this form because the name of the form, Alouette, has a couple of meanings. The main one is skylark, but the other one is a children’s song.
BRIEF HISTORY
This is a newer poetry form created by Jan Turner.
MUST HAVES
--Number of stanzas: 2 or more.
--Line count: 6.
--Rhyme: A, A, B, C, C, B
--Meter is syllabic and follows this pattern: 5, 5, 7, 5, 5, 7
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--Topic and Theme: Whatever you like.
Carpe Diem
I selected this form because it reminded me of my favorite movie of all time, Dead Poet’s Society—which is set at an all boy’s prep school.
BRIEF HISTORY
This is another newer form, which Pat Simpson created about 6 years ago.
MUST HAVES
--Line count: 10 lines per stanza.
--Topic: Something that brings happiness or deals with seizing the day (the definition of Carpe Diem).
--Meter is syllabic and follows this pattern: 8, 6, 4, 2, 10, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--Rhyme: Rhyme or not, it’s up to you.
--Number of stanzas: As many as you like.
Chain Poem
I selected this poetry form because it reminded me of the game “Telephone.” The one where you whisper something to one person, who whispers it to the next and so on until the last person in the group says it out loud and you see how it compares to what the first person said.
A chain poem isn’t a comparison of the first and last lines, but is a connection from one line or one stanza or one poem to the next like the whispers between the children in the game.
I know of three different ways to create a chain poem(s):
1) Different people come together to create a chain of poems. I’ve done this here with a couple of poetry campfires on the site.
2) Take the final word of each line and use it as the first word of the next line.
3) The final variation is to quickly write a list of words, the first flowing into the next. The first word brings to mind the second and so one. This list can be as short or as long as you want, but is usually around 7 to 12 words. Once you have your list you create your poem around it. Don’t change the order of the words, but change the tense, if needed. Add words in front of and after each word to create the lines of your poem.
MUST HAVES
--A chain or link from one line to the next, one stanza to the next, or one poem to next in a series of lines, stanzas or poems.
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--Any rhyme scheme, including no rhyme scheme.
--Any meter, including no set meter.
--Stanzas: As few or as many as you like.
--Topic and theme are also up to you.
SOURCE NOTES:
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/alouette.html
http://the.a.b.c.of.poetry.styles.patthepoet.com/index.html
http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_obscure_chain_atglance.html
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/download/nwp_file/500/The_Chain_Poem.pdf?x-r=pcfile...
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Theme: Alouette, Carpe Diem, and Chain poems.
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From: copenator
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Awww, thank you so much for saying so 
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Poetry: August 31, 2016 Issue [#7830]
