Ms. Nakada's NaPoWriMo Day 5 Post
Our poem today is "Tired" by Langston Hughes.
Read through the poem 2-3 times (preferably out loud).
Read through the poem 2-3 times (preferably out loud).
- What feeling/tone do you get from the poem?
- What is it about?
- What poetic elements do you notice happening in this poem?
- Annotate and make sense of this poem.
For a prompt inspired by Langston Hughes: write a poem about something you're tired of.
From Winter Tangerine: "Write a missing persons report for a part of you that has disappeared."
And from Writer's Digest:
"Write a wish poem. The poem could be about making a wish or granting a wish. It could focus on the fallout from a wish granted or denied. Or think up a wishful scene to share in your poem.
Remember: These prompts are just springboards; you have the freedom to jump in any direction you want. In other words, it’s more important to write a new poem than to stick to the prompt."
MISSING
ReplyDeleteBy Noriko Nakada
15-year old girl
dark hair, olive skin
racially ambiguous
could pass as indigenous, Latina,
white, Asian/other.
Naïve and full of angst.
She is alone and unattached.
Seeks assurance from
older, wiser people of color.
Left-leaning and condescending.
Thinks she knows it all.
May not want to be found.