Exeter-Milligan Update: Poetry Month

Poetry from Prose

Rhoda Wahl – ELA 7-12

Junior High students at Exeter-Milligan High School are celebrating Poetry Month (April) by writing poems about novels they are reading. Students are discovering new ways to think critically and creatively by sharing elements of a story in poetic verse instead of prosaic paragraphs.  As you read their poetry, think of your favorite story, or one that you’ve read recently. What kind of poem would you write?

Portrait Poem from Game Changers by Mike Lupica.

FOOTBALL!!!!!

I am Ben

Son of Beth

Who needs to be QB

Who sees his park

Who loves Lilly

Who hates sawn

Who fears his coach

Who dreams of throwing 170ft

Who has found poems of football

Resident of Rockwell

Mcbain

(by Casey Underwood)

   

Found poem about the setting from At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks.

New York City

There’s a big city

That city is called New York

In this city,

You may see lots of people,

Lots of traffic,

Cars, buildings, houses

And many more

You may hear horns honking

People talking and laughing

There are some nice, beautiful parts of New York,

But there are also the bad.

It is crowding

And sometimes very loud

But all together

It is still an interesting place to be in.

(by Natalie Staskal)

Diamante poem about a conflict from The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher.

Townspeople

 (Character vs Society)

Townspeople

Scared, Alone

Running, Hiding, Fighting

Police, Damon, Ashlee, Bunker

Worries, Hesitates, Struggles

Tired, Confused

Emily

(by Cameran Jansky)

List poem about the plot line from I hadn’t meant to tell you this by Jacqueline Woodson

Things that happen to Marie

Grew up in a black town

Made friends lost her

Mom dad is single

Got a white friend named Lena

Tries to see Lena’s dad

(by Casey Jindra)

Pictured are L-R: Casey Jindra, Cameran Jansky, Casey Underwood and Natalie Staskal