Writers,
As we discussed in class, spoken word is a lot about community and connection and I hope you felt both as we listened to and spoken words today.There is no discussion board as you spoke your ideas out loud to your peers. However, as we are beginning a discussion of the poetic form called the sestina in class on Tuesday, please read two or three of these sestinas before we meet on Tuesday:
- A sestina about waiting for the subway in New York
- A sestina by a nine-year-old
- Sestina for a black girl who does not know how to braid hair by Raych Jackson
Links to the spoken word poems discussed in today’s class are here:
- Ariana Brown: Dear White Girls in My Spanish Class
- Staceyann Chin: If Only Out of Vanity
- Mohamed Hassan-(un)LEARNING MY NAME
- Sarah Kay: If I Should Have Daughter
- Willie Perdomo Video: How Beautiful We Really Are
Write on everyone!
