Startegies that poets use

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  1. Hi Poets.
  2. So last week we started diving into the world of
  3. poetry a little bit and this weekend for the next
  4. few weeks will continue to do so um today I'm
  5. gonna show you how you will use your writing journal
  6. for poetry.
  7. So, open your writing journal um on the next empty
  8. page, you can fold that page and maybe write poetry
  9. on it so that you will know that a new
  10. chapter in your writing journey is starting.
  11. So from now on you will use your writing journal
  12. to write poetry.
  13. Um poetry is similar and different to the writing that
  14. you have done so far.
  15. But one thing is similar.
  16. Poets use specific strategies, you know?
  17. And for the next few weeks we're going to be
  18. learning about the strategies that the poets used to write.
  19. Just like with narrative writing small moments stories.
  20. Poets always look into their hearts and they look around
  21. them to find ideas.
  22. Because poetry is hiding everywhere around You could be hiding
  23. in your room, It could be hiding on your balcony.
  24. It could be hiding under your bed.
  25. If you look closely, you will find poetry there.
  26. So, the first strategy that I wanted to share with
  27. you today is this one poets find a topic that
  28. gives them a big feeling.
  29. Okay, so right now, I want to pause this video.
  30. Close your eyes and think about what gives you a
  31. big feeling.
  32. Mm could be positive feeling like happiness and love and
  33. excitement. It could be a negative feelings like sadness or
  34. maybe loneliness or missing somebody.
  35. All feelings have a place in poetry.
  36. Okay, you've done it.
  37. Excellent. So let's let me show you.
  38. Um what gives me big feeling.
  39. Okay, so you're going to make a list of all
  40. the things that give you a big feeling.
  41. And here is my list talking on the phone with
  42. my family.
  43. That gives me a feeling of happiness and connection, cooking
  44. happiness again and sharing something with others.
  45. Reading it makes me feel calm and excited because I
  46. get to go into new worlds.
  47. Creating art again.
  48. Gives me a feeling of calm and creativity.
  49. Taking care of my plants again.
  50. Happiness, calm, caring, my friends struggling with problems.
  51. That makes me feel sad.
  52. Uh So right now, pause this video and open your
  53. writing journal and make a list.
  54. Okay, don't rush.
  55. Close your eyes again if you need to and make
  56. a list of all the things that give you big
  57. feelings. All right?
  58. And when you're done, you can uncross the video and
  59. keep playing.
  60. All right?
  61. So after after you have created a list of those
  62. topics that give you big feelings.
  63. I want you to Choose one or two of those
  64. topics and then close your eyes again.
  65. Lots of eye closing lots of imagining in poetry.
  66. And think about what thoughts and pictures come to your
  67. mind when you think about this topic.
  68. Uh huh.
  69. So I picked here's what I picked.
  70. I picked plants and I closed my eyes and I
  71. imagined myself on my balcony and I kind of thought
  72. about what I was doing today with my plans.
  73. And this is the poor that I came up with
  74. plants. I sit on my balcony and look at my
  75. plants so green growing blooming.
  76. What is that white fuzzy thing crawling all around?
  77. Oh no bugs.
  78. I get some oil and some cotton swaps carefully cleaning
  79. each leaf.
  80. Slowly, gently hoping for the best done back to growing
  81. without distractions.
  82. Okay, so this is one example of of what you
  83. can do again.
  84. Think about, imagine what pictures do you see in your
  85. mind when you think about that topic, that gives you
  86. a big feeling?
  87. Okay, and here's my other example.
  88. So I thought about my friends struggling with problems, you
  89. know and I and I closed my eyes and I
  90. thought about the pictures in my mind that are showing
  91. up and my feelings.
  92. What kind of feelings?
  93. How can I express those feelings?
  94. And here is what I wrote.
  95. Friends, struggling and sadness is the feeling my heart is
  96. breaking for my friends, laurels, baby is sick, Jesse's daughter
  97. doesn't want to eat.
  98. Catherine is moving to a new place.
  99. I wish I had a magic wand to make all
  100. their troubles go away.
  101. In the meantime I listen when they share and send
  102. all my love to them.
  103. So, big feelings, big feelings in small small packages.
  104. Those poems are like small little packages that really expressed
  105. in very few words express a lot of emotions and
  106. a lot of feelings.
  107. So I hope you will enjoy doing that today.
  108. All right, So here's what you're going to do today.
  109. First in your writing journal, you will make a list
  110. of topics that give you a big feeling.
  111. They can be broad or very specific.
  112. After you've done your list, you will choose two of
  113. those topics and right to poems about each in your
  114. writing journal.
  115. Okay, not on scene in your writing journal.
  116. And then you will post the picture of each poem
  117. and the list on seaside.
  118. All right, enjoy and I can't wait to reach your
  119. bullets.