Category: LearningProjectEDTC300

The lights are set up, and so are the Christmas decorations. I figured, “Why not write a poem for my favorite holiday?” It worked out very well that my poetry form for this week is the “occasional.”Occasional Poetry    You can defin…

 Well, well, well… Here’s one of the most popular poetry forms… and one of the shortest. I remember writing so many haiku in school. However, I don’t actually remember how I wrote them.What are haikus?According to Grammarly, my partner th…

 I genuinely had no idea ekphrastic poetry was a thing. ‘Ekphrasis’ is not something you usually hear. Well, what is it?Ekphrasis (ecphrasis) comes from the Greek word meaning ‘description.’ Basically, ekphrastic poems are vivid descript…

     I remember John Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale” from poetry annotation in grade 10 AP English. It was one of my favorite poems from that class. It was with this poem (and Shakespeare’s plays) that I found allusions interesting in…

 I found this week’s poetry style enjoyable and frustrating to practice.     There is this website called Random Passages that I found while searching for poetry to read. It is sort of an online folder of random book passa…

 Before I go and make this about me, here is a timeless poem that’ll surely introduce you to this week’s victor. “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan ThomasSo, what do you know about Villanelles?     The French…

     So, this week was hectic. With all the deadlines and events I was partaking in, I knew I needed to organize myself better. I didn’t realize how taxing this week’s prompt was until I spent hours maneouvering through this video e…

 I pulled out from the bag this week’s chosen poetry form, and it was the Ballad (or Ballade). Last week when I proposed my learning project, I think I failed to introduce it properly. Here is my redemption: I went on to search for different …

 Poetry is the clear expression of mixed feelings. – W.H. AudenWelcome to my first learning post. In elementary school, a teacher taught us how to write identity haikus. I thought, ‘This is kind of weird. How can I explain myself in so few wo…