Interesting Poems

Make a list of the Top 10 elements that you believe contribute to the creation of an “interesting” poem.

Further, in your view, these 10 elements should be essential to making poems interesting.

Of course, it’s not necessary for all 10 to appear in a single poem.

Consider that there might be a difference between elements that contribute to poems being “interesting” and “lasting” or “interesting” and “perfect” or “interesting” and “valuable” or “interesting” and “necessary” or “interesting” and… however, there probably isn’t a huge chasm between your concept of “interesting” and “good”.

Now that we have our bearings (more or less) …

In general, what are [approximately] 10 things you believe make a poem “interesting”?

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Ok, so, you made your list, right?

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Now, listen to the following two episodes of The Poetry Space_ hosted by Katie Dozier and Tim Green.

Keep your list on hand and consider how your list of “interesting” components of poems differs from the lists offered by Tim, Katie, and “The Squad”.

Part 1 – ep. 94 - How to Write an Interesting Poem

Part 2 – ep. 95 - How to Write an Interesting Poem Part 2

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Share your thoughts (and lists!) in the comments.

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