Write about what has or will happen here. Write about the lines, objects, materials, structures, etc.
Do you know this place?
Write about what has or will happen here. Write about the lines, objects, materials, structures, etc.
Do you know this place?
Often I use photos to help me write poems. I will probably have remembered the main point of the poem, but looking at photos can help me if I am stuck, or need to go in another direction – or just want to remember supporting details. Here are some photos I took recently on walks around my new neighborhood (in Mexico City). I am certain a couple of them will turn up in poems….
For a collaborative writing, ask participants to write 5 or 10 questions concerning the picture. Exchange the questions. Answer someone else’s questions.
First day of class? Ask students to write a series of questions that could be applied to this (or other) photograph. (What happens right after this moment? What is someone in particular doing/thinking? And so on….) Pass around the questions. Write a poem based on these. This could work as a fairly brief in-class writing […]