Japanese Forms

Japanese Forms: Haiku/Tanka

Haiku

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Haiku-Poem

Tanka

http://www.tankaonline.com/ 

Frog Pond journal

http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/ 

About our own former teacher, Tom Painting:

http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm?post=936478 

Here are some examples of his work:



crickets
the pulse in a hollow
of her neck

Acorn #10, 2004



spring plowing
a flock of blackbirds
turns inside out

Frogpond XXV:2



detour
she returns my hand
to the wheel

Frogpond XXVI:3



year's end
the weight of pennies
in the mason jar

Modern Haiku 39:2



Indian summer
bison graze the shadow
of the Bitterroots

Modern Haiku 43:1



summer stars
my children ask me
to name a favorite

The Heron’s Nest, June 2011


All poems ©Tom Painting. All rights reserved.

Neruda/Poetry

AGENDA:

EQ: What is TPCASTT poetry analysis?  How can it be used to analyze poetry?


Read more Neruda

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/179412 

http://allpoetry.com/Ode-To-The-Artichoke

TPCASTT

 http://skyview.vansd.org/bquestad/cw/poetry/TPCASTT%20Template.htm

Using the TPCASTT handout, analyze one of Neruda's poems

WRITING: Work on poetry projects

More about Neruda

Agenda:  Master Class with Karen Thompson Walker

Read more Neruda

Work on poetry assignments

From bookrags:

"Tonight I Can Write" was published in 1924 in a collection of poems by Pablo Neruda

titled Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada. The collection was translated

into English in 1969 by W. S. Merwin as Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair.

 

Although some reviewers were shocked by the explicit sexuality in the poems, the

collection became a best seller and was translated into several languages. Marjorie

Agosin writes in her article on Neruda, "One of the reasons that Twenty Love Poems

 

draws the reader so powerfully is the sobriety of expression and the economy of the

images." René de Costa in his article on Neruda notes that all the poems in this

collection contain "a highly charged confessional intimacy that challenged and charmed

the sensibility of its reader, creating in the process a contemporary stil nuovo which

 

continues to resonate in the language of love." The poems chart a love story from the

initial infatuation to the release of passion, and finally to a separation. "Tonight I Can

Write," the penultimate poem in the poetic sequence, expresses the pain the speaker

feels after losing his lover. The bittersweet sentiment recalls their passionate

relationship and his recognition that "love is so short, forgetting is so long."

XX

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

Write, for example, 'The night is starry

and the stars are blue and shiver in the distance.'

The night wind revolves in the sky and sings.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.

Through nights like this one I held her in my arms.

I kissed her again and again under the endless sky.

She loved me, sometimes I loved her too.

How could one not have loved her great still eyes.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

To think that I do not have her. To feel that I have lost her.

To hear the immense night, still more immense without her.

And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture.

What does it matter that my love could not keep her.

The night is starry and she is not with me.

This is all. In the distance someone is singing. In the distance.

My soul is not satisfied that it has lost her.

My sight tries to find her as though to bring her closer.

My heart looks for her, and she is not with me.

The same night whitening the same trees.

We, of that time, are no longer the same.

I no longer love her, that's certain, but how I loved her.

My voice tried to find the wind to touch her hearing.

Another's. She will be another's. As she was before my kisses.

Her voice, her bright body. Her infinite eyes.

I no longer love her, that's certain, but maybe I love her.

Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

Because through nights like this one I held her in my arms

my soul is not satisfied that it has lost her.

Though this be the last pain that she makes me suffer

and these the last verses that I write for her.

 

Poetry--Pablo Neruda

AGENDA:

For the past week, you've been working on poetry models:

Twenty Little Poetry Projects
Where Writing Hides
Technical Terms
Red Hawk's Narrative poem

Today we're going to read some poetry by Pablo Neruda.
It's all about figurative language--lots of imagery!

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/pablo-neruda 

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/pablo-neruda 

Ode to My Socks

Shmoop analysis:
http://www.shmoop.com/ode-to-my-socks/

https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A0LEVjGsBAhV5q0AJYgnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTB0b2ZrZmU3BHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1lIUzAwMl8x?p=ode+to+my+socks&tnr=21&vid=29A4086A5A2FE34CD48629A4086A5A2FE34CD486&l=106&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DUN.608007704202710367%26pid%3D15.1&sigi=11r0q0imc&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1GOkypeafdM&sigr=11bthb8pa&tt=b&tit=%26quot%3BOde+to+My+Socks%26quot%3B&sigt=10rae2nlm&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dode%2Bto%2Bmy%2Bsocks%26ei%3DUTF-8%26hsimp%3Dyhs-001%26hspart%3Dmozilla&sigb=12rml69ak&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001

Speculative Fiction

AGENDA:

BELLWORK:
  "Happiness" poem

WRITING:  Continue working on your speculative fiction piece.  Try to finish it today.

Age of Miracles Discussion

AGENDA:

1. Age of Miracles Discussion

Visit website:
http://www.wab.org/if-all-of-rochester-2015-pick-the-age-of-miracles-by-karen-thompson-walker/

Think, Pair, Share...post

Questions to consider after reading The Age of Miracles.
1. As readers, why do you think we’re drawn to stories about the end of the world? What special pleasures do these kinds of narratives offer? And how do you think this element works in The Age of Miracles?
2. Julia is an only child. How does this fact affect who she is and how she sees the world? How would her experience of the slowing be different if she had a sibling? How would her experience of middle school be different?
3. How much do you think the slowing alters Julia’s experience of adolescence? If the slowing had never happened, in what ways would her childhood have been different? In what ways would it have been the same?
4. Julia’s parents’ marriage becomes increasingly strained over the course of the book. Why do you think they stay together? Do you think it’s the right choice? How much do you think Julia’s mother does or does not know about Sylvia?
5. Julia’s father tells several crucial lies. Discuss these lies and consider which ones, if any, are justified and which ones are not. Is lying ever the right thing to do? If so, when?
6. How would the book change if it were narrated by Julia’s mother? What if it were narrated by Julia’s father? Or her grandfather?
7. Why do you think Julia is so drawn to Seth? Why do you think he is drawn to her?
8. Did you identify more with the clock-timers or with the real-timers? Which would you be and why?
9. The slowing affects the whole planet, but the book is set in southern California. How does the setting affect the book? How important is it that the story takes place in California?
10. How do you feel about the way the book ends? What do you think lies ahead for Julia, for her parents and for the world?
11. The slowing throws the natural world into disarray. Plants and animals die and there are changes in the weather. Did this book make you think about the threats that face our own natural world? Do you think the book has something to say about climate change?
12. If you woke up tomorrow to the news that the rotation of the earth had significantly slowed, how do you think you would respond? What is the first thing you would do?


2. Writing: work: Work on speculative fiction

Speculation

AGENDA:

Finish Qualities--edit and proofread

HMWK:  Finish reading The Age of Miracles over the break.

Visit interesting website:   http://what-if.xkcd.com/124/
Speculative Fiction:

Today, for a creative writing prompt, look over the following questions and write about one of them.  See where it takes you.  Any ideas for a story, play or poem?

What if? We love to frame questions like this. Fortunately these questions can typically help the creative juices flow as well. Try using these “what if” scenarios to spark additional ideas for stories, poems or whatever your heart cares to write. 

Creative Writing Prompts on What If Scenarios

1. What if you found your pet flying around the room?

2. What if you woke up and had a super power?

3. What if you suddenly lost your ability to drive a car?

4. What if you received a call that your parent was deathly ill or had even passed away overnight?

5. What if you discovered that you had another sibling?

6. What if you had the option of winning a large sum of money at the price of losing a significant memory?

7. What if you discovered that a loved one was a serial killer?

8. What if inanimate objects could speak to you?

9. What if the world found out the world was going to be destroyed in 2 weeks?

10. What if you met someone who could see the future?

11. What if your friend joined a cult that worshipped dogs?

12. What if you could change your career right now? You can do anything you want and do it well.

13. What if you could pick the next person to be a great leader of a country? Who would it be?

14. What if you woke up in a world that had absolutely no crime?

15. What if you could change people’s views on social issues such as abortion and other rights? How would you use it?

16. What if you stumbled upon $100,000 cash that was from someone who sells illegal drugs?

17. What if you had the ability to grow plants to their maturity at will?

18. What if you could speak to people who have died? Who would you speak to?

19. What if you could time travel into the past and future? How would you use this skill? What would you change?

20. What if your pet could only talk to you at midnight for an hour?

21. What if you discovered a creature that promised it could give peace to the world?

22. What if you could sacrifice your life to save a community of people who need drastic help?

23. What if you could live in any world from a fantasy or science fiction novel or show?

24. What if you could find the strength to forgive anyone, no matter how badly they have hurt you?

25. What if you could make any religious belief truly real? Which one would you pick and why?

26. What if you could stop a substance from being addicting? What would it be?

27. What if you could make someone fall in love with you?

28. What if an alien suddenly approached you and asked for your friendship?

29. What if you found out that someone has been hunting you for the past year with the intention of killing you?

30. What if you found a piece of jewelry that could give you the ability to fly?

31. What if you were hiking and heard a young child screaming deep into the woods?

32. What if you found out that in your past life you were a great historical figure?

33. What if electricity and any other power source was unavailable for a full week? What would happen?

34. What if your child or another loved one suddenly disappeared?

35. What if you found out that your coworkers could all read your mind?

36. What if you were unable to smile for a full month?

37. What if you could resurrect only one person who has died?

38. What if you had the problem to completely solve only one of the world’s issues? What would it be? How would you come to that choice?

39. What if you realized you were going to die 24 hours from now?

40. What if you could become a world-renowned expert on one subject? What would it be?

41. What if you woke up and your body was made out of bacon or some other type of food?

42.  What if you had the power to instantly destroy the world?

43. What if you had the chance to do a complete reset on your life?

44. What if you found out all the answers to the greatest mysteries in the world?

45. What if you could break all the rules and never get caught for three days?

46. What if you could completely change the way you look? What would you change?

47. What if you could change the political structure of any nature? What would you change? Why?

48. What if you could create any mythological creature of your choice? What would it be?

49. What if you could cast a spell on someone you dislike? What spell would it be?

50. What if you could be fluent in any specific language? Which language would you choose?

51. What if someone from private numbers were constantly calling you for three days straight?

52. What if someone tried to say you committed a crime that you did not do?

53. What if you found out that your significant other betrayed you?

54. What if you could stop an event in history from happening? Would you or would you be afraid of the possible negative repercussions from it?

55. What if you were having a disagreement with someone and they pulled out a firearm?

56. What if you could control the score of the a major sporting event such as the Olympics, Super Bowl or World Cup?

57. What if you could meet yourself as the opposite sex? For example, if you are a woman, you might meet yourself as a man. Would you talk to your other self? How would you react?

58. What if you woke up and found out that you were a centaur? How would you react? What would you do?

59. What if you could meet your true love, but he or she would be catching you in the act of doing something unethical?

60. What if you could have all your bills paid for the rest of your life, but you had to eat 300 mushrooms everyday?

61. What if you could write a letter to God and know that he will listen and take into account everything you say? What would you write?

62. What if you found out that you were going to come back as a ghost after you die?

63. What if you had a chance to do a boot camp? What kind of boot camp would you do and why?

64. What if you could create your own TV show with all your friends and loved ones as the cast? What kind of show would it be and who would play which parts?

65. What if you could ask for a warning about anything such as your death, a job loss, or an injury? What would you ask for and why?

66. What if you could drive to another object in our solar system such as the moon, sun or another planet? Would you?

67. What if you could successfully help a fundraiser raise the funds for their goal? What fundraiser would it be and why would you choose to help?

68. What if you found out you were going to accomplish everything you set your mind to for the next 10 hours? What would you do?

69. What if you could ask for a miracle and it would actually happen? What would that be?

70. What if you could control exactly how the last day of your life would go? What would it be like? Who would be with you?

71. What if you found the cure for one illness, mental or physical? What would you choose to cure?

72. What if you could make a high quality parody of something? What would it be?

73. What if you could stop time but you could only use this skill three times? How would you use it?

74. What if you could give your neighborhood a gift, that is free of charge for you? What would it be? Remember gifts can have both positive and negative intentions.

75. What if you could be anywhere for the next hour? Where would you go or would you just stay where you are?