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Descriptive Implication and Form: From Sight to Insight
Creative Writing Lesson 2
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Poem of the Day
• “Love Poem With Toast” – Miller Williams» http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/052.html
• What does the last stanza of the poem make you think of? How does Williams use imagery?
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Journal Entry #2
• 1. Rant. Rant about anything in your life that “should be different.” Nothing is sacred here. Rant for at least 250 words.
• 2. If God were to whisper one thing in your ear, and your ear only, what would you want him to say? Why? Be specific.
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Discussion
• What do you think the words “descriptive implication” mean?
• What is “insight?”• How effective can a
pause be in conversation?
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Element Three: Descriptive Implication
• Poets are infamous for addressing their “true” subjects through descriptions of objects
• Imagery that is suggestive carries a psychological or dramatic undercurrent
• “First Death in Nova Scotia” – Elizabeth Bishop– Who’s point of view is it from?– Are we ever told what the main character
thinks or feels about the situation?– Images and descriptions and what they
suggest
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Assignment Two
• Discover one poem from three of the following authors:– Stephen Dunn– Billy Collins – John Ashbery– Frank O’Hara– Joy Harjo– Dean Young– Gary Snyder– Mary Oliver– Sharon Olds
• Identify pieces of imagery, felicitous phrasing, and descriptive implicaiton that you thought “made” the poem
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Assignment Two (Con’t)
• Look at the comments on your poem from assignment one and revise the poem to tighten it up.
• Where did you use the three elements we have studied so far in your revised poem?