Poem Drafting
Exercise
Autobiography
Poem: Expanding with Detail and
Invention
Select a single moment from your 20 minute fast write and
show the reader the moment in a poem.
Select an ordinary event, draft a poem, then add details to make the
experience more meaningful. Invent
additional images, actions, or sensory description. Advice:
- Use
sight, sound, smell, taste and touch to describe the setting
- Include
Dialogue
Write in Stanzas
Student model:
I
leave pools of burgundy choke cherries,
Shout:
“Be back at five.”
But
mom says: “You call this clean?”
“I’ll
be late,” I plead.
“Late
for What?”
I
look down and can’t confess I’m only
Hoping
to meet a girl accidentally, maybe.
She
points at the broom. I sweep
Knowing
I’ll never see Suzanne now.
I
sprint up Pine Trail sure I’ve missed her.
I
turn up Snowapple and a brilliant red maple blinds me.
It
looks like it is on fire. Then I hear a
runner behind me,
And
Suzanne’s voice: “Hey, change your route?”
I
face her. Sweat beads up on the bridge
Of
her nose, and her bangs are matted brown.
“Look
at this tree,” I say and feel stupid.
But
she says, “Yeah.” And we stand
Wordless
until the sun disappears.
“Wanna
have an ice cream?” she says.
“Sure.” I slip my fingers into hers as we stroll
past
the post office like we have never seen it before.
At
Miller’s Dairy, I order double fudge almond, and
Suzanne
orders chocolate chip cookie dough,
And
we silently lick the cones smooth.
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