Poetry Forum Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Poetry Forum Group at eNotes. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:39:07 en-us <![CDATA[I like Coleridge's "the best words in the best order."  In...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-makes-good-poem-2435#9 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-makes-good-poem-2435#9 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:39:07 PST <![CDATA[Poetry connects to the deep collective unconscious which responds to...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-makes-good-poem-2435#8 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-makes-good-poem-2435#8 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:22:56 PST <![CDATA[Greetings to all ~ I'm here at the Conference on Poetry and Teaching at...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309?start=10#12 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309?start=10#12 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:02:05 PST <![CDATA[When I teach poetry in college, we color code. The students must always...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309?start=10#11 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309?start=10#11 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:18:19 PST <![CDATA[Thank you all so much for these great suggestions! I feel rejuvenated...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#10 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#10 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:24:29 PST <![CDATA[As much as I love the flow and the sound of the poem "The Emperor...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/poems-that-simply-confound-you-2749#5 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/poems-that-simply-confound-you-2749#5 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:07 PST <![CDATA[I have had great success with having my students create a visual...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#9 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#9 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:52:21 PST <![CDATA[I have also had great success with the Song Lyric Poetry Exercise...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#8 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#8 Sat, 7 Jun 2008 18:56:09 PST <![CDATA[I love doing a "Song Lyrics Poetry Exercise."  Students bring...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#7 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#7 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 20:59:42 PST <![CDATA[In reply to #5: What a great idea!  I will keep that in mind for the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#6 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#6 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:54:33 PST <![CDATA[Poetry is so visual.  I like getting kids to see and connect with the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#5 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#5 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 06:29:07 PST <![CDATA[One of my colleagues has an interesting lesson plan. Each semester, she...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#4 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#4 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 15:18:25 PST <![CDATA[This last semester, I did a poetry unit where we started out by reading...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#3 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#3 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 13:50:51 PST <![CDATA[My kids seem to like the free-verse color connotation poem (I know, it's...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#2 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309#2 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:44:32 PST <![CDATA[What has been your most successful activity for teaching a poem?]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-has-been-your-most-successful-activity-f-3309 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 09:42:55 PST <![CDATA[Although I definitely enjoy explicating poetry--even difficult,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/poems-that-simply-confound-you-2749#4 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/poems-that-simply-confound-you-2749#4 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 09:37:48 PST <![CDATA[In reply to #2: Interesting, sullymonster!  e.e. cummings frustrates me...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/poems-that-simply-confound-you-2749#3 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/poems-that-simply-confound-you-2749#3 Mon, 5 May 2008 20:04:28 PST <![CDATA[I've always wanted to see an in-depth analysis of e.e. cummings...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/poems-that-simply-confound-you-2749#2 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/poems-that-simply-confound-you-2749#2 Sun, 4 May 2008 20:30:55 PST <![CDATA[Poems that simply confound you?]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/poems-that-simply-confound-you-2749 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/poems-that-simply-confound-you-2749 Sun, 4 May 2008 19:08:34 PST <![CDATA[While it's easy and pat to say that good poetry just makes you feel...]]> http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-makes-good-poem-2435#7 http://www.enotes.com/poetry-forum/group/discuss/what-makes-good-poem-2435#7 Fri, 2 May 2008 05:07:04 PST