Ms. Nakada's NaPoWriMo Post: Day 11

Our poem for Day 10 is "Ars Poetica" by José Olivarez. 

• Read through the poem 3-4 times (preferably out loud). 
• What feeling/tone do you get from the poem? 
• What is it about? 
• What poetic elements do you notice happening in this poem? 
• Annotate and make sense of this poem.

Prompts today:

Write a poem that with a series of questions and answers like Olivarez does.

From Winter Tangerine: "Write an Ars Poetica from the point of view of the poem rather than the poet." 

An Ars Poetica is a poem that explains what the poem is. I know, very meta. 

From Writer's Digest prompt is: "For today’s prompt, take the phrase “The (blank) Who (blank),” replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles include: “The Runner Who Walked,” “The Scientist Who Decided to Make a Monster,” “The Poet Who Loved Me,” and/or “The Teacher Who Couldn’t Learn.” If you’d prefer to write about a thing instead of a person, feel free to replace the word “who” with the word “that.”

Remember: These prompts are just springboards; you have the freedom to jump in any direction you want. In other words, it’s more important to write a new poem than to stick to the prompt.