tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post3825500056145534653..comments2023-10-09T12:06:17.459+01:00Comments on Emerging Writer: Poetry Workshop for TeensEmerging Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-38720643771764494552009-10-01T16:24:04.570+01:002009-10-01T16:24:04.570+01:00Thanks for all your great ideas. I probably have e...Thanks for all your great ideas. I probably have enough for a series of workshops. You're so generous and creative, the lot of you.Emerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-69507296371935758132009-10-01T12:52:52.029+01:002009-10-01T12:52:52.029+01:00Get them to write about the most beautiful thing t...Get them to write about the most beautiful thing they've ever seen or that has ever happened to them. It always delivers. Do an icebreaker too. Poetry workshops are much easier than fiction ones i find. There's so much scope.Colm Keeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415603898882232950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-39180128270995387722009-10-01T11:02:00.481+01:002009-10-01T11:02:00.481+01:00I think that maybe if it's a workshop it might...I think that maybe if it's a workshop it might be voluntary attendance? Maybe not though. There's a poem by Sylvia Plath (hello I'm a cliche) called Metaphors that might be cool to use to show how poetry can make people look at things differently? Just a thought.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05075292153806720848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-88157689472955344302009-10-01T10:43:52.289+01:002009-10-01T10:43:52.289+01:00Walk in and recite This Be Verse. You'll have ...Walk in and recite This Be Verse. You'll have them at: 'They fuck you up your Mum and Dad'. They'll love you!Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-44624854071166515892009-10-01T08:52:30.732+01:002009-10-01T08:52:30.732+01:00If this is part of a school day they will look on ...If this is part of a school day they will look on it as a delightful distraction and you are on a winner. Get them working straight away. No lectures, explanations, readings to start with. Get them to come up with unusual, unexpected, favourite words, ideas, similes, phrases to use in poems.Michael Farryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166338392128797311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-18259435970226996452009-09-30T23:40:01.579+01:002009-09-30T23:40:01.579+01:00Have you thought of feigning illness and/or leavin...Have you thought of feigning illness and/or leaving the country? Failing that get them to write about what they hate,they mightn't like anything but teenagers always hate something, or everything.Get them to write a poem about hating poetry.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.com