Specificity
By Joey Bonaldi
Dangling modifiers
Correct what’s misplaced
Determine the meaning
Of the unknown
Read, write, listen
Use context
Acquire words and phrases
Gather vocabulary
Command the language!
Apply
knowledge!
Multiple
meaning words
Verify variables
Voice and mood
Recognize the
structure
And correct
what’s misplaced.
Joey,
ReplyDeleteI almost have a hard time believing that this is a found poem, as it is very well constructed. You will have to tell the rest of us what your process was as your wrote this. "Command the language!" has to be my favorite line, as it says a lot about what we do as English teachers: using language to teach others and construct ideas, to analyze and "apply knowledge".
Thank you for sharing.
-Danielle
Joey,
ReplyDeleteAMAZING! You did an awesome job. I have to agree with Danielle that "Command the language!" is my favorite line. Also, I really like the repetition of " correct what's misplaced".
Great job Joey. I love your style when writing poetry, thumbs up! I really like your use of exclamation points at command language and apply knowledge. And the fact you started off with "dangling modifiers".
ReplyDeleteI really like the tightness of this poem. As Danielle said, this doesn't seem like a found poem, as it seems to flow too well.
ReplyDeleteI did like "Command the language" line, but I really loved how it ends on "and correct what's misplaced," which is away on its lonesome at the bottom. Very, very interesting.