Using the pantoum form above, assign a stanza to each group. Group one, for example, will write the first stanza. Group two will write the second stanza, and the third group will write the third stanza. Ask students to pick a partner, or assign students to teams. Ask each team to envision mental pictures of abstract words from the brainstorming session.
Many poets write pieces that they perform.
Spoken word poetry, like blues poems or rap, takes life when a poet adds beat, music, props or body language to magnify the image, sound and voice of the poem. Spoken word poetry celebrates real-life language, particularly regional and cultural dialects. Get students started by presenting them with the blues format. Blues poems typically deal with topics like loss, despair, hopelessness and, ultimately, healing. An interactive tolerance tale from Turkey.