Introduce prose poetry:
"Though the name of the form may appear to be a contradiction [sort of, look at the links], the prose poem essentially appears as prose, but reads like poetry. In the first issue of The Prose Poem: An International Journal, editor Peter Johnson explained, 'Just as black humor straddles the fine line between comedy and tragedy, so the prose poem plants one foot in prose, the other in poetry, both heels resting precariously on banana peels.'" poets.org
Poems Referenced:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/22136#
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20957#
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15306
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15578
As a class: brainstorm and select 3 words that will appear in all sections of all poems
As a group: decide who will write in what style (prose, rhyming quatrains, non- rhyming couplets with emjambment)
Each person will write a segment of the wole poem. The speakers will be distinguished by style, but also by content, which will be determined by the group. Examples are: different speakers at the same event; different timeframes or eras; three places at the same time, talking about the same thing or event.
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