Imitating Eleven and Imagist Poetry

Tuesday: Imitate Eleven by Sandra Cisneros, the style, the language, but explore your own subject. (click on the tab labeled Professional Samples to see the sample.

Wednesday: Imitate poetry with lots of images. It doesn't have to make perfect sense or be a polished piece. It is an exercise.

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough. (Ezra Pound, A Station in the Metro)

The squirming figures pushing and shoving;
Salmon struggling against a pulsing current. (student A)

The glow of the red lights in a staggered row;
Ants marching, what they feel is fast but for us slow. (student M)

Thursday: another exercise tbd, but mostly working on your deadline for Friday, 1-3 pages due.