Innovative Techniques in Writing Poetry PDF

INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY As the world progresses, the world of literature and creative writing also progresses. 2 Modern-day creative writers have decided to experiment with poetry. This act has enabled the newest generation, Gen Z, to appreciate fresh and o...

INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY As the world progresses, the world of literature and creative writing also progresses. 2 Modern-day creative writers have decided to experiment with poetry. This act has enabled the newest generation, Gen Z, to appreciate fresh and original ways of writing poems. 3 Literature has greatly evolved because of them, and once again, the gateway of literary appreciation welcomes a new set of people who preserves this art form. 4 Truly, there are a lot of innovative techniques in poetry writing. This lesson will let you discover some of them. 5 MY FIRST POETIC SOCIAL MEDIA POST 1. Your teacher should require you and your classmates to create a dummy account on a specified social media platform. You should not reveal your identity to anyone or give hints to your classmates that they own the dummy account using an obvious profile name that might reveal your identity. 6 MY FIRST POETIC SOCIAL MEDIA POST 2. Your teacher should also create an account for this activity. It is up to the class if you want to delete the accounts after the activity. However, your teacher may also require you not to delete it for future purposes. 7 MY FIRST POETIC SOCIAL MEDIA POST 3. Next, follow your teacher’s account. To also follow your classmates, follow the people who follow your teacher’s account. 4. Then, using your dummy account, post a brief poem of 140 characters or less. Use images, figures of speech, and other literary devices that might enhance the quality of the poem. 8 MY FIRST POETIC SOCIAL MEDIA POST 5. With your participation, your teacher will assess the created poems. You may “like” or repost the poems that catch your attention, though you or your classmates will not be graded based on the number of likes and reposts your poems have received. 6. Finally, prepare to share with the class the poem that you liked the most. 9 1. WHICH SOCIAL MEDIA POEM DO YOU LIKE THE MOST? WHY? 10 10 2. WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT USING A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM TO WRITE IMAGINATIVELY? 11 11 3. DO YOU THINK THAT THE PLATFORM YOU USED IS A GOOD PLATFORM TO SHARE YOUR POEMS? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER. 12 12 What are some of the innovative features of poetry writing? How can we use them to create a fresh and original poem? 13 INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Art is constantly changing. These dramatic changes have led to the discovery of new techniques in writing poetry to fit into the ways that the people of this generation express themselves. 14 INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Found Poetry This type of poetry comes from the words that are borrowed from nonpoetic sources, such as newspapers, magazines, and other literary texts. 15  INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Found Poetry Blackout poetry is created by using a thick black marker to redact words from the source text while leaving chosen words unshaded. 16 INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Found Poetry Erasure poetry is created by using an erasing tool to redact words from the source text. 17 What is the difference between a blackout poem and an erasure poem? 18 18  INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Micropoetry This is a new type of poetry characterized by its shortness. The poem you created earlier was a micropoem. 19 INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Slam Poetry and Spoken Word Poetry Slam poetry is a new type of performance-based poetry that involves competition. Without the presence of competition, it is known as spoken word poetry. 20  INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Slam Poetry and Spoken Word Poetry After writing the poem, the poet has the opportunity to read it in front of an audience in an event called poetry slam, or simply slam. 21 What are the things that a poet should consider in performing at a poetry slam? 22 22  INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Prose Poetry This is a new type of poetry that combines the ways to create prose and poetry. It is poetry because it contains the lyrical and metric elements of a poem while borrowing some of the characteristics of a prose, such as the absence of line breaks. 23 Try to write a prose poem by reminiscing about the past. Try to recall a moment when something small but sufficiently great happened to you. 24  INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Other Innovative Forms of Poetry Fib ○ a six-line poem that is derived from the mathematical concept known as the Fibonacci sequence Bop ○ a three-stanza poem that presents, expands, and provides a solution to a problem 25  INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Other Innovative Forms of Poetry Blitz ○ a 50-line poem that contains short but concrete phrases ○ The content of each line is determined by the words that appeared on the previous lines. 26  INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Other Innovative Forms of Poetry Lune ○ a three-line poem that is known as the American haiku 27  INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Other Innovative Forms of Poetry Hay(na)ku ○ a poem of six syllables, in three lines of one, two, and three Triversen ○ a six-stanza poem ○ Each stanza is a sentence that is divided into three lines. Each line should have two to four sets of poetic feet. 28  INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Other Innovative Forms of Poetry Monotetra ○ a poem written in quatrains ○ Each stanza is a monorhyme, and each line is written in tetrameter. 29  INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN WRITING POETRY Other Innovative Forms of Poetry Sevenling ○ a poem with three stanzas ○ Each of the first two stanzas contain three lines. The third stanza is a single line that acts as a summary of the poem. 30 What sets the innovative forms of poetry apart from more traditional forms of poetry? 31 31 BRING ME. PROVIDE A SELFIE IF THE STATEMENT IS TRUE; IF NOT, PROVIDE A WACKY PICTURE OF YOUR BEST FRIEND. 1. A SLAM POEM IS A SPOKEN WORD POEM. 32 BRING ME. PROVIDE A SELFIE IF THE STATEMENT IS TRUE; IF NOT, PROVIDE A WACKY PICTURE OF YOUR BEST FRIEND. 2. AN ERASURE POEM IS A FOUND POEM. 33 BRING ME. PROVIDE A SELFIE IF THE STATEMENT IS TRUE; IF NOT, PROVIDE A WACKY PICTURE OF YOUR BEST FRIEND. 3. THE LAST STANZA IN A SEVENLING IS A THREE-LINE POEM THAT HIGHLIGHTS ITS THEME. 34 BRING ME. PROVIDE A SELFIE IF THE STATEMENT IS TRUE; IF NOT, PROVIDE A WACKY PICTURE OF YOUR BEST FRIEND. 4. MICROPOETRY TYPICALLY EXCEEDS THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF A SOCIAL MEDIA POST. 35 BRING ME. PROVIDE A SELFIE IF THE STATEMENT IS TRUE; IF NOT, PROVIDE A WACKY PICTURE OF YOUR BEST FRIEND. 5. A TRIVERSEN IS A THREE-STANZA POEM THAT CAN BE WRITTEN IN IAMBIC TETRAMETER. 36  Found poetry is a new type of poetry that comes from the words that are borrowed, or found, in nonpoetic sources, such as newspapers, magazines, product labels, shopping lists, and other literary texts. Blackout poetry and erasure poetry are two of the most prominent types of found poetry. Micropoetry is a new type of poetry that is characterized by its shortness. Poetry on social media platforms are mostly micropoetry. 37  Slam poetry is a new type of performance- based poetry that involves competition. After writing the poem, the poet has the opportunity to read it in front of an audience in an event called poetry slam, or simply slam. Without the presence of competition, it is known as spoken word poetry. 38  Prose poetry is a new type of poetry that combines the ways to create a prose and poetry. It is poetry because it contains the lyrical and metric elements of a poem while borrowing some of the characteristics of a prose, such as the absence of line breaks. 39  Other unique, fun, and interesting ways of creating poetry exist outside the boundaries of found poetry, prose poetry, micropoetry, and slam poetry. Examples of them are fib, bop, blitz, lune, hay(na)ku, triversen, monotetra, and sevenling. 40 Create a found poem using a broadsheet.