In American Lit 2 yesterday, we were reading Imagist poems to kick off our Modernism unit. While our textbook can be the bane of my existence at times (I can't wait until I have time and energy again to go out on my own and supplement that sucker!), it does have a fun little selection from Des Imagistes. The kids enjoyed the short and sweet (and accessible!) images of poems like "In a Station of the Metro" and "Heat," and they got a good laugh out of my personal favorite, "This is Just to Say." One class finished a bit earlier than the others (that will happen when there's only ten enrolled and six who show up regularly), so I had them try to write their own "non-apology apology poems." Here is mine, lovingly dedicated to A. :)
This is just to say
The computer froze
While you were out
I'm sorry
I thought I was fixing it
But it deleted all your games
Silly thing
-February 7, 2012
I always liked that part of AMLIT2, and that assignment, and I like your example. I assume A'd be a little more angry than Flossie was over those plums!
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