Books Read
1. Time For Poetry, Nahdjla Carasco Bailey
2. Keats: Poems Written in 1820, John Keats
3. Kalopsia, Andrea Michael
4. Travelling Light, Vickie Johnstone
5. Birds, Beasts & Flowers, D.H. Lawrence
Books Read
1. Time For Poetry, Nahdjla Carasco Bailey
2. Keats: Poems Written in 1820, John Keats
3. Kalopsia, Andrea Michael
4. Travelling Light, Vickie Johnstone
5. Birds, Beasts & Flowers, D.H. Lawrence
Post 15: National Poetry Month
Poetry Form: Monody
Watch his toothless grin light mummy’s bright eyes,
a wonderful feeling, cascade of love.
Bang! The door slammed shut behind this inmate,
families visit, yes no blockade of love.
Frostbitten and cold, he shivers to the bone,
she gives her jacket never a jade of love.
He carries all her books with a big grin,
she wondered if it’s a masquerade of love.
always alone except on those weekends,
when a sweet stranger visits – free trade of love.
crazy sometimes the world may spin, the cure
Noirfifre hopes are those grenades of love.
Post 14: National Poetry Month
Poetry Form: Ghazal
Post 11: National Poetry Month
Poetry Form: Epigram
My attempt on satire turned out very dark with a wicked sense of wit. Oh my.
Source: http://listverse.com
Excerpt of Beowulf [lines 2232 – 2270] from: http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/sbusonik/BeowulfExcerpts.pdf
Post 10: National Poetry Month
Poetry Type: Epic
Beowulf is an example of an Epic poem which tells the story of Beowulf defeating Grendel [a monster] written by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon Poet. Epic poetry is usually very long, depicting life changing events for a people which usually involve someone/persons performing a heroic deed. It is so detailed that epic poetry provide in depth material for documentaries or movies, as in the case of Beowulf. Frequently, the content of the poem gives dialogues similar to a play. It gives all those elements yet sticks always to the formulaic structure of a verse, thus making the form, poetry.
Works Cited
Gill, N. S. Epic Literature. n.d. 15 April 2015 .
Heroajax. Top 10 Greatest Epic Poems. 6 July 2008. 15 April 2015 .
Do not wait until the day before
to grab that book of knowledge.
Do not wait until the morning
of that test, to transfer a theory
to an already sleep deprived brain.
Practise the formula every chance you get.
Practise on the way to school,
Practise when you are shooting hoops.
Practise when you are in the shower.
Use acronyms of something favourite to remember.
Use the melody of a favourite song to remember,
all the definitions of a tedious chapter.
Tap your hands and feet, snap your fingers too.
Read new material very often.
Read it every day or every other day
but please read throughout the semester.
Read it like its your favourite comic story/love affair.
I beseech thee to sleep the night before,
sleep like a good infant, feel the information
sorting itself for your use on the morrow.
Now get up smiling, eat breakfast and go Ace that exam.
Post 9: National Poetry Month
Poetry Form: Didactic Poem
It is generally used to impart knowledge/teach. Some here I am giving some tips to study which worked for me when I followed that plan.