Song Lyrics

This week you read lyrics, listened to lyrics, and found your favorite lyrics. Now it is time to write your own lyrics.  Post your lyrics in a comment. Then let us know what kind of music you would have accompany the lyrics.

Where are you going? - Repetition

Happy Friday and poem writing. Yesterday, we read  Son de negros cuba and discussed the use of repetition and imagery. You had time to write your own version of a poem with repetition and surrealist imagery. Today, I want you to publish that poem in a comment.

First: re-read Lorca's poem: Son de negros cuba (this translation is a bit different, maybe more accurate)

Second: re-read your poem. Do you have repetition? Do you have a mix of literal and surrealist imagery? Have you removed abstractions (love, paradise, etc)? Be specific in your poem. Name that love or name paradise, name the bird, name the ocean. Yesterday, Angela read her poem aloud and she didn't simply write island plants, she wrote plumeria. Patrick C.  didn't just write bird, he wrote finch.

Third: type your poem into a Word document, spell-check, and format your poem the way you want it o be seen, and read. Then, paste it into a comment. Be sure to leave your name for credit.

If you are interested in reading more poetry by Lorca: