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ALL NEW POETRY
ALL NEW POETRY CLUB!!!!!!!!
Okay, I started one a long time ago, but that one died, and then I started yet another one, and THAT ONE DISAPPEARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This time, I am confident my thread will not disappear or die.
So here's how it'll go. If you join, you'll vote between these random three poets: Robert Frost, Edgar Allen Poe, or Emily Dickinson. You must vote for ONE OF THESE, though you may, ALONG WITH YOUR VOTE, suggest nominees for the next time we vote (which wont be too far away).
If you dont know any of these poets, just vote for a random one or go with the majority.
Once we have voted for a poet, I will present some of their poems and discuss them a and explore their meaning, and at some point, I'll give you a prompt related to the poem, and we may write our own poetry inspired by the poems.
Oh, and can we have someone to be a "Word Wizard" and look up words you thinkwe wont know.
I cant wait to start!
I vote for........R-no, I vote for Edgar Allen Poe!
submitted by Owlgirl AKA Elena O., age 11, Texas
(July 11, 2015 - 5:32 pm)
(July 11, 2015 - 5:32 pm)
@Sydney C: That's okay, no need to feel awkward in this club! I haven't had the experience, but I've written some pretty convincing poems... I get the idea from all the books and poems I read.
I like the idea of your poem, and the rhyming around losing and waiting...
(August 18, 2015 - 6:40 pm)
ALRIGHT, THESE ARE THE OFFICIAL NOMINEES.....
Lewis Carrol, Mary Oliver, and Barbara Groce.
I vote for....(drumroll please...) Mary Oliver!
(August 18, 2015 - 6:54 pm)
I vote for Barbara Groce.
I've never heard of her until now, but I looked up some of her poetry and it seems interesting.
(August 18, 2015 - 8:28 pm)
Wait no, I change my vote to Mary Oliver.
Is that okay, Owlgirl?
(August 18, 2015 - 8:29 pm)
That's okay, Hermione. I'll count your vote for Mary Oliver, like you want me to.
(August 18, 2015 - 8:30 pm)
I vote Lewis Carroll!
(August 18, 2015 - 8:42 pm)
Changing my vote to Barbara Groce. I knew her personally... can I still vote for her?
(August 19, 2015 - 8:43 am)
Yeah, Rose bud, I'll put in your vote for Groce.
You KNEW her personally? That is so awesome.......
(August 21, 2015 - 7:33 pm)
I vote Lewis Carroll!
(August 19, 2015 - 1:50 am)
Ok, sorry I haven't been posting any poems for the poem prompts, but I've been having writer's block on my poems for a while now. So, introducing my poem for the Annabel Lee prompt poem!
Love at First Sight
He looked at me, I looked at him
He smiled at me, I smiled at him
He cracked a joke, I laughed nervously
That's when we knew, together perfect we'd be.
My friends said no, but I said yes
For I knew in a moment, that he was the best
He visited me, and I visited him <!--break-->
He talked to me, I answered him
He danced with me and we had lots of fun
That's when I knew that he was the one.
But then one day, he stopped coming.
The joy of my life was gone from me.
I missed his jokes, his laugh, his smile
but it seemed, he forgot me after awhile
So is there really love at first sight?
My heart told me so, but my mind said not right.
Next time I'll think before I fall and crush,
For now I know, true love won't rush.
(August 19, 2015 - 8:36 pm)
We need one more person to vote!
There's a tie so far between Carrol and Oliver.
(August 21, 2015 - 7:35 pm)
(August 21, 2015 - 7:36 pm)
(August 22, 2015 - 9:09 am)
I want to join the club, cuz you said anyone could join at any time.
I vote for Mary Oliver.
(August 29, 2015 - 2:15 pm)