Poetry Out Loud

Part 1. Poem surfing

Poems I read:

·         Garden

·         Good People

·         The Donkey

·         Poem

·         The Hill

·         Pride

Part 2. What I think

The donkey was my favorite poem because it’s a cool poem and it wasn’t too complex but not too simple. I didn’t like the others because they were simple but long. The other ones where about actual people and that gets sort of boring… Also The Donkey sort of reminds me of The Jabberwocky which is a cool but long poem. I’m going to read it for POL.

Part 3. Scoring criteria and me

Dramatic appropriateness and level of understanding will be the easiest categories for me. Recitation is about conveying a poem’s sense primarily with one’s voice. In this way, recitation is closer to the art of oral interpretation than theatrical performance. This is fine with me because I don’t like to act.

Physical presence and poem difficulty might be hard. The competitor will appear at ease and comfortable with the audience. That’s not going to happen. A poem with difficult content conveys complex, sophisticated ideas, which the student will be challenged to grasp and express. Mine is about a donkey, so that might be tough also.

Part 4. Watching videos

The movies I watched:

Writ on the Steps of Puerto Rican Harlem

-this dude picked a hard poem. He’s also an actor. He’s very dramatic.

Forgetfulness

- He’s funny and has a good voice. He knows the poem.

Part 5. Summary

In general I don’t like to read poetry. But the poetry out loud program seems pretty cool. Too bad it’s mandatory. Great way to ruin a good idea. But there are a lot of fun poems on there. I’m going to read The Donkey, I think I’ll do ok but there’s no way I’ll win. Poetry: not my thing.