1. Nudging the Muse to Speak with Your Pen Creative Writing Lesson Four

2. Poem of the Day http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/179.html “Bike Ride With Older Boys” – Laura Kasischke What sensations does this poem give you?

3. Journal Entry #5 If you had to identify one thing destiny probably held in store for you, what would you say it is? – Focus on personal accomplishment in your lifetime rather than relationships, marriage, children, etc. “What will become of me when I am older?” - DM

4. Element 5: Rhythm and Other Effects Five popular sound effects in poetry: – Repetition – Onomatopoeia Words whose sounds imitate their meaning (Murmur) – Alliteration Identical consonant sounds » “But when loud surges lash the sounding shore” – Assonance Repetition of identical vowel sounds » “Excellence is in millimeters not miles” – Rhyme

5. Finding the Muse The genius of a writer – To become a good writer, one must write continuously – Able to expound on any and every subject

6. Assignment Practice writing poems. – The following slides contain pictures in which you must write a poem about. – Rules: One poem must rhyme One poem must not rhyme One poem must be a haiku (5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second line, 5 in the last line) – modernhaiku.org One must be a prose poem » http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5787 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5787