Review from Week 1:
Four elements needed for a good poem
1)Imagery
2)Keep it simple
3)Show don't Tell
4)Always have a story
Poetical Forms useful for protest:
List Poem
Litany
Haiku (drive-by haiku)
Pantoum
Found Poem
Syllabic Verse
Strategies for effective performance poems:
1)Have a hook
2)Use a song (and stop in the middle)
3)Say the unexpected
4)Contrast and juxapose images that are new or exciting
5)Make fun of politicians
6)Use repetition
7)Say the ending three times for effect
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