Image from Spike Lee's Katrina documentary "When the Levees Broke"
Has anyone been to New Orleans? Share experiences.
http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/hurricane_katrina_inside/stolarik/
Songs: Chris Cozzi, Sarah Craig
Journal: What aspects of Patricia Smith's writing resonated with your own experiences of the environment and of place? Smith's writing is loaded with sensory details that fleshes out New Orleans as a place--making the disaster that occurred there all the more tragic. Think about key experiences you've had of tragedy and environment. Write a snapshot of that experience.
Alternative: Write a snapshot of an environmental experiences, using the level of sensory detail Smith employs as a model.
Reading: Travis Newman, Alison Metzger
Break into small groups, pick and discuss a favorite poem from the readings so far to share with the class.
Discuss: What is a poem? What can a poem do? What formal qualities define a poem? How would you replicate what Smith does.
Homework: Journal + Imitation of one of Smith's poems--based on your own environmental experiences.
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