Three+Poetic+Forms

Three Forms: Write a draft of each of the following poetic “forms”
= **Personify a quality, concept, or anything abstract/impalpable:** Where would Sadness hang out? What kind of car would Pride drive? What does History eat for breakfast? Where does Envy choose to sit in an empty room? =

A Wise Old Man Zalman Berstein
History spends his frail old days out on his porch pondering how time has gone by he has resigned himself from attempting to keep up  with the world today the children don’t like him they prefer science, who is fresh and exciting History has his afternoon tea with English and they talk, cryptic talks regarding the lore of old of Alexander the Great and Shakespeare Napoleon and Homer But every so often a child, a curious child will defy the warnings of his friends and sit down and talk with History and delve into the depths of experience that the old man has to offer and that wise child will find a love for History that he never knew he had. = **Object Poems** are short rhymed poems about objects. They can be concrete (of a shape related to the object) if you like. = **Lock** Brandon Lee ‘98 It acts as a keeper A clever disguise Concealing, no stealing Whatever it hides. It acts as a servant To those special few— “No,” says the lock, Forbidden, taboo = = = Phobia = = Do you have any irrational fears, such as heights or crowds? Why do you think you are afraid of this thing? Write a poem about your fear. Be sure to incorporate some poetic devices to complement your intended message. = Excerpt from **//Agoraphobia//** Linda Pastan Sometimes I travel as far as the last stone of the path, but every step, as in the children's story, pricks that tender place on the bottom of the foot, and like an ebbing tide with all the obsession of the moon behind it, I am dragged back.