As a former poet, I only copied the words of amazing people that were somehow scrambled up in my head. I mean really, what else can a poor poet do?
And I learned something recently about copying a Google document, or in the case below, a Google Drawing. If you make the document public and editable, and then copy the link, at the end of the url you can replace “edit” with “copy” and if someone clicks on the link they will be prompted to make a copy of it in their Google Drive. Useful for say, class handouts where you want students to have their own copies of the work. Or worksheet like things. Or strange things to use during the opening minutes before a Zoom meeting. That is what I learned about copying recently.
Back to poems.
Community poem building… Ever done that? How is building a poem with others different than creating one by yourself? Is it at all like making music with others rather than playing by yourself? If everything better with more people collaborating? If so, is your classroom collaborative or kinda one directional? Does it matter?
In the box below just click on a word and drag it to the perfect place in the poem. Let’s make art together.
What does the poem say so far? Are you the only one there, out there on some remote webpage dragging words around like a lovers heart looking for comfort? Are you serious about making it work? Like you know it is silly, but at the same time you are so amazed that you can’t stop dragging the words around and trying to make some poetic statement about the meaning of life? Or just casually playing with the words like tossing a ball against a wall to occupy your mind for a spell? Go ahead, add something or five to the poem. There are no rules.
You want a copy of the playful poem maker in your Google drive to mess around with. Go ahead, click here for the copy and make a poem. I dare you!