Let this line help establish music similar to “Ode to the Midwest.

Start a poem with the line “I want to be doused…”  Let this line help establish music similar to “Ode to the Midwest.”  Then, see if you keep the music going (and ideas developing) for at least another 7-8 lines.  Play with line breaks, rhyme, word-smithing, etc.  This poem may be about anything!

–List poem.  Start by making an unordered list of “things” that are somehow related, but don’t worry about order – this is just the brainstorming phase.  Then, pick some of the best or most pertinent and try ordering them to maximize music.  Think about line breaks, word-smithing, rhyme (if any), and how meaning might build.  It’s possible that your brainstorming list could issue forth like poetry on the first try – if so, try making small tweaks in phase 2.  

poem link: Cattails” by Nikky Finney

 https://blackboard.louisville.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-22905818-dt-content-rid-87997595_2/xid-87997595_2

Each Day Unexpected Salvation” Anne Carson

https://blackboard.louisville.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-22905819-dt-content-rid-87997594_2/xid-87997594_2

Rock Deaths” by Jeff Fallis

https://blackboard.louisville.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-22905820-dt-content-rid-87997593_2/xid-87997593_2

CCW

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