Dialogue poems address controversy and differing opinions. These poems can express conflict between people in opposing situations such as a Hiroshima bomb victim and a U.S. Air Force pilot flying the plan that dropped the bomb. Or dialogue poems that can reflect commonalities between people who might not appear to have obvious similarities such as a Salvadoran immigrant and an African American who migrated from the South. Dialogue poems can also be inspired by or generated from reading literature.
Student can create a dialogue between two opposing characters in a story.
I am a woman . I am woman born of a woman whose man owned a factory. I am a woman born of a woman whose man labored in a factory. I am a woman whose man wore silk suits whose constantly watched his weight. I am a woman whose man wore tattered clothing, whose heart was constantly strangled by hunger.