Check out some of these [[videos about poetry]], collected from ongoing iterations of this class! You may also browse through these suggested [[mentor texts for poetry]]. Then, try one or more of these suggested assignments for poetry: #### Just, you know, write some [[poetry]]! > You could try your hand at one or more specific [[forms of poetry]], though, instead of limiting yourself to free verse. Ask specific questions for feedback when you turn in your work. #### [[Poetry Cafe]] > A communication-focused opportunity to share and enjoy, once you’ve written some poems. #### [[Poetry Language Explication]] > Explore and write about choices poets make with regard to usage, structure, etc. #### [[Where I’m from poem]] > (This one is also found in the [[assignments for memoir]].) #### [[Found Poetry]] > Look around — there’s poetry everywhere. Be like the proverbial kid with a butterfly net, and catch some! ##### [[embed poetry anywhere]] > Leave some found poems for other people to find!