Apr 2015
Swimming through organic almond butter with an empty scuba tank
I rise to the surface of the day only to be caught in an avalanche of
sleep-deprivation before rolling into a tumbleweed of
Donna Summer-esque Workin' Hard for the Money on a day
that should be branded by Dyson
I arrive to a twenty-one gun salute presented by
three-year-olds
who don't even lift and I
am flipped and tilted from
Q to A until tossed salad slides through my ears and out my mouth
I boomerang to the outback
and back out
backing out of the blank draft card
before tug-a-war with a bungee cord and
Then I'm back to swimming through organic peanut butter with
an empty scuba tank and you peer over the edge
of the jar
glaring as you hold the spoon
I rise to the surface of the day only to be caught in an avalanche of
sleep-deprivation before rolling into a tumbleweed of
Donna Summer-esque Workin' Hard for the Money on a day
that should be branded by Dyson
I arrive to a twenty-one gun salute presented by
three-year-olds
who don't even lift and I
am flipped and tilted from
Q to A until tossed salad slides through my ears and out my mouth
I boomerang to the outback
and back out
backing out of the blank draft card
before tug-a-war with a bungee cord and
Then I'm back to swimming through organic peanut butter with
an empty scuba tank and you peer over the edge
of the jar
glaring as you hold the spoon
Based on this assignment I gave my students:
Begin by writing a poem about how your day felt, not what happened but how you felt as events happened and the day unfolded. Don't worry too much about making it perfect; this is only a rough draft. Did it feel like slogging through quicksand or like you woke up with your hair on fire?
Next, use words, phrases, and ideas of your poem to create a visually-inspired poems, using Google Slides and your text. Try to recreate the feeling you had during the day within the presentation.
Begin by writing a poem about how your day felt, not what happened but how you felt as events happened and the day unfolded. Don't worry too much about making it perfect; this is only a rough draft. Did it feel like slogging through quicksand or like you woke up with your hair on fire?
Next, use words, phrases, and ideas of your poem to create a visually-inspired poems, using Google Slides and your text. Try to recreate the feeling you had during the day within the presentation.
