Poetry Out Loud: My Poem

The poem I chose for Poetry Out Loud is "Hope" is the thing with feathers, by Emily Dickinson. It is a poem that describes how hope is like a sweet little bird inside everyone's soul that keeps singing its  beautiful,encouraging song even when people are in doubt. There is always that little bird inside to help you along.

I chose this poem because it just jumped off the page at me. I really enjoyed it, and I thought that it brings a good point across, in a creative way. When you read or listen to it, it makes you think about the meaning, but not to the extreme where you cant actually follow along with it.

Poetry Out Loud

For poetry out loud we have to find a poem that really speaks to us. Finding the perfect one is not easy, so we have to read many of them to find a particularly perfect one for us.

Part one:
1. Read poem that begins with the first letter of your name : "On Inhabiting an Orange" by Josephine Miles
2. Read a poem that begins with the third letter of your last name: "Not Waving But Drowning" by Stevie Smith
3. Read a poem that the person sitting next to you suggests: "Full Moon" by Elinor Wylie
Suggest a poem to read to the person sitting next to you: "Medusa" by Louise Bogan
4. Choose two more poems to read: "Sugar Dada" by Allyn Rosser, "The Rose" by Jean Valentine

Part two: What do you think?

•  Of the poems you read which ones did you like and why?

- "The Rose" because it described the rose kind of relating to us in a way and was intriguing
- "Full Moon" because it kind of described the power  and beauty of a full moon.
-"Sugar Dada" because it shows things not as you usually would see them.
-"On Inhabiting An Orange" because it is simple, but describes travel.
-"Medusa" because it is about a victim of Medusa's stony stare
- Not Waving But Drowning" because I t is a kind of weird poem but had an original idea

• Which poems did you not like and why?

There were no poems on my list that I really disliked they were all good!

• If you had to choose one of those six poems which would you choose

 I would choose  "On Inhabiting an Orange"

• How are you personally connected with this poem?

I am personally connected to this poem in the way that I love to travel and see new places just as showed in the poem.

Part three:

• Which two criteria will be easiest for you and why?

The criteria that will be easiest for me is the understanding and accuracy because I understand my poem strongly, and there are not a lot of really difficult words in it. 

• Which two criteria will you have more difficulty scoring higher and why?

The criteria that will be more challenging will probably be the poem length, and presenting the poem. I chose a shorter poem that I know I wont forget once I get up to recite it it, and I am not great with presenting in front of groups.

Part Four: 
Videos:
"Man- Moth" by Elizabeth Bishop
-Dramatic speaking  kept attention to the performance
-Speaker moves around with the mood of the poem
"forgetfulness"
good tone voice that  fit perfectly with the mood of the poem.

Part Five:
I think it is going to be interesting seeing the different poems people choose and to watch them being recited. It will be a very good yet challenging experience.