Week 3-2

Tell all the truth but tell it slant —
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —

Emily Dickinson

What is this telling us?

Tell all the truth, but tell it slant.

Go out on campus and find something that we will all recognize.

Write a short poem describing your thing, but slant. That is, without saying what it is, or giving obvious literal descriptors (i.e., "it is a flat red octagon"), give your readers the information they need to understand what it is, and to see it in a different way.

When you're done, take a picture of your thing, if you can.

You have 30 minutes.

In groups of 4-5, share your poems with each other! Try to guess what is being described, and find something to notice and appreciate in each poem.

Choose one--whichever you think is most fun!--to share with the whole class when we're done.

For Tuesday:

• Post this and your Image poem on Canvas
• Read Ch. 8 of the Poetry section of The Elements of Creative Writing.
• (for real this time, lol)