It was wonderful to spend the morning exploring the world of words in our Word Masters workshop this morning. We continue to work on recognising and developing emotional context. Analysis means nothing without emotional context. Emotion gives it purpose. VOCABULARY phlegmatic lament TEXTS Sometimes Gladness by Bruce Dawe Remember How We Forgot (poem) by Shane Koyczan HOMEWORK - Begin working on your relationship with words. Use your Writers Notebook. Write in it every day if you can. - Explore spoken word poetry. Look up poets and artists such as Shane Koyczan. Sarah Kay, Taylor Mali (the poet) and local poet Mumblr. Listen to their work, focusing on emotion rather than analysis. Let yourself feel the poetry. WHAT IS SPOKEN WORD POETRY? Check out Sarah Kays TED Talk here: youtube/watch?v=0snNB1yS3IE Spoken word poetry is the art of performance poetry. I tell people it involves creating poetry that doesnt just wanna sit on paper. that something about it demands to be heard out loud or witnessed in person.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 01:20:33 +0000
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