Yesterday I posted Vladimir of Lviv’s imitation poem of Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago.” (Vladimir is a student in my sister Ceci’s ESL conversation class. All the students were asked to write a poem about home using Sandburg’s poem as a model.) Today I’ll highlight excerpts from a few more student works. I wish I [...]
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More home poems from ESL students
Posted in ESL poems, tagged ESL, home, poems, poetry on January 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
New home, new poems
Posted in Chicago, Lviv, Poems, tagged battle hymn of the tiger mother, home, multiculturalism, poems, poetry on January 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
With all the blahblahblah about Chinese mothers and the ensuing defense of western ones, perhaps it’s time for a dose of multiculturalism that goes down easier. I’m posting poems, previously unpublished, written not only by novice poets, but by novice poets writing in a non-native language. How amazing is that! It’s akin to me writing [...]
A pause that refreshes
Posted in Previously Unpublished, tagged imitation, poem, poem elf, poetry on June 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A pause in the elf-ing of established poets to showcase the writing of aspiring ones. Each semester the students in my 7th grade creative writing class compete in a poetry imitation contest. Students are given a poem to memorize, recite, and then to imitate. Local book critic Megan Shaffer (catch her blog at http://nightlightrevue.wordpress.com/) judges the [...]
