Now comes the fun part of poetry. Stealing. We steal ideas, we steal opening lines, we steal phrases and use them as our titles.
We can steal motivation (Billy Collins writes because he's bored, but death is why many poets get out of bed in the morning). We can steal style (He writes poems that people can understand....gasp!). And for this assignment, we're going to steal words and images.
On Monday we sat in a circle and stole lines from different poems. Now I want you to turn those stolen lines into a poem of your own.
Due Sunday, 3/7
You don't have to change every line, but change it enough that you feel comfortable calling the poem your own. If it's too random for your taste, you can use very little of the poem. But try to use unexpected/fresh/interesting images from the stolen lines.
The lines I stole
Article about poet Billy Collins
Advice on revising your poems
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that was an interesting poem.
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