Snowballs and Diamonds

Imagine if Math was taught as Poetry! For this session our facilitator led us through the process of understanding different forms of poetry incorporating our knowledge of Math. We discussed the various forms and rules of poetry writing and the uses of following these rules.  After looking at various examples of diamante and snowball poem we thought of math concepts which can be employed to create form in poetry. 

Here is a shape poem by one of our classmate 

Poem- Snowball

I

Am

The

Item

Which

Starts

So small

Gets so big

White, cold

Dangerous too

Guess who I am?

… A big snow ball!!

~ By Ira

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See Like You Never Saw!

Our individual personalities and memories shape the way we perceive the world. For this session our facilitator read and discussed a diverse selection of poems that explore the Point of View element in creative writing by encouraging us to develop new personae through cues and exercises, and record those memories and feelings that are closest to us.

My day at the sweet shop

I wandered of into the sweet shop

And there, right on the top

Was the yummiest sweet I saw-

They looked like bears

Yellow, green, red and blue

On big shelves set up by the sweet shop crew!

Right next to me

Was something that would last me a century!

A long big red rope

With colourful dots on it

Avoiding people’s feet- Oh what a task!

I got ready

For my long journey

To reach to the colourful bears

An hour or two later

I was standing right there!

I dived into the jar

Oh now please don’t disturb me,

I’m trying to have a feast!

  ~ By Ira

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