Earlier this term, our Russley Writers created some poems for the Given Word Poetry Competition,
The poems had to include all five given words. The words were: feather, whisper, time, eat and phantasmagoria. Some of our students were involved in the choosing of the words and helped to create the promotional video for the competition. (See link below).
The poems had to include all five given words. The words were: feather, whisper, time, eat and phantasmagoria. Some of our students were involved in the choosing of the words and helped to create the promotional video for the competition. (See link below).
We explored the meanings of each of the words and went on a hunt for imaginative connections, rhymes, alliteration and synonyms. We played with free verse, rhythm and rhyme and acrostic poems.
Even though the challenge seemed too tricky at first, every student created a poem and managed to include all five of the given words -- yes, even phantasmagoria!
The best part was seeing them all typed up, sharing them with each other and then . . . sending our poems to Spain! Charles Olsen, the organiser of the competition (and one of the judges) is based in Spain. All of our students were super excited about their writing being read by a poetry expert on the other side of the world.
There were over 200 poems entered, so I'm sure our writers faced some very tough competition. We look forward to reading the results when they are announced in the coming days.
In the meantime, you can pop into the Russley Writers' Club room and read all our poems on the 'Given Word' Poetry Wall! (I've already seen some junior students studying the wall closely, sounding out 'whisper' and 'phantasmagoria'!)
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