Kevin McGrath

Please make sure you have shared with me on Google Docs your “Golden Shovel poem”

Here are the poems that I should have from you:

#1: A poem you chose along with a reflection about it (due 3/21)
#2: A poem written using one of the 14 prompts (due 3/23)
#3: A poem using words from around the school (due 3/27)
#4: A “Golden Shovel” poem (due 3/29)

Email me at kmcgrath@mvyps.org if you have any questions.

Poetry in place: Marcy 29th In-class assignment

“I’m pretty much all for poetry in public places – poetry on buses, poetry on subways, on billboards, on cereal boxes…my sense is, it’s a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life…. When you get a poem on a billboard or on the radio or on a cereal box or whatever, it happens to you so suddenly that you don’t have time to deploy your anti-poetry deflector shields that were installed in high school.” – Billy Collins

In that spirit, if you could pick any poem to display in a public place, what would it be?

Find a poem that you want people to read in a particular public place.

For today’s in-class assignment (Quiz Grade), fill out the form linked below (make sure to sign into your google docs account first)

Click here for the March 29th In-Class Assignment

Where to find poetry:

• Poetry section in the library (past the whiteboards on the right wall)
• Poetry 180
• Poetryoutloud.org
• Poets.org
• Poetryfoundation.org
• Poetryarchive.org
• Poetryinternationalweb.net
• Rpo.library.utoronto.ca