Ms. Nakada's NaPoWriMo Post: Day 11
Our poem for Day 10 is "Ars Poetica" by José Olivarez. Read through the poem 3-4 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. Prompts today: Write a poem that with a series of questions and answers like Olivarez does. From Winter Tangerine : "Write an Ars Poetica from the point of view of the poem rather than the poet." An Ars Poetica is a poem that explains what the poem is. I know, very meta. From Writer's Digest prompt is: "For today’s prompt, take the phrase “The (blank) Who (blank),” replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles include: “The Runner Who Walked,” “The Scientist Who Decided to Make a Monster,” “The Poet Who Loved Me,” and/or “The Teacher Who Couldn’t Learn.” If you’d pref