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2011
March MadnessPoetry Tournament!
English 9
Ms. Regales
RPCS
Let the Games Begin!
What does March Madness have to do with poetry, you might bethinking?I have chosen 32 poems, which appear in this booklet, and madea bracket for each of my classes. At the beginning of each class,beginning March 1
st
, we will hear two students reading a pair of poems, in their best dramatic interpretation, as we read along inour booklets and I project the poem. After a moment to let thepoem sink in, we will all vote in a secret ballot, and one poem willadvance to the next round, keeping the same student reader.Due to spring break, our tournament may stretch into April, butApril is National Poetry Month, so that is actually perfect timing!At the end of the tournament, each of my three sections will havechosen a winner. These three poems will advance to a SUDDENDEATH MATCH, held during the next Morning Meeting, when theentire Upper School will vote for the best poem!We will discuss in class how to read a poem effectively, and I willbe watching to make sure each poem gets well represented in itsreading. Find some good advice from former Poet Laureate BillyCollins here:http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/p180-howtoread.htmlGood luck, and may the best poem win!Ms. Regales
March Madness Contestants:
1.
A Blessing,
James Wright
2.
A Red, Red Rose,
Robert Burns
3.
To Dorothy,
4.
The Kiss,
5.
San Antonio,
6.
Dawn Revisited,
Rita Dove
7.
Still I Rise,
8.
homage to my hips,
Lucille Clifton
9.
Introduction to Poetry,
10.
Eating Poetry,
11.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
12.
Let Evening Come,
13.
The Tyger,
14.
Wild Geese,
Mary Oliver
15.
Ode to my Socks,
Pablo Neruda
16.
Ode To Tomatoes,
Pablo Neruda
17.
One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII,
Pablo Neruda
18.
The Summer Day,
Mary Oliver
19.
Crossing the Bar,
Alfred Lord Tennyson
20.
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer
, Walt Whitman
21.
The Sound of the Sea,
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
22.
Dover Beach,
Matthew Arnold
23.
Mid-Term Break,
Seamus Heaney
24.
Funeral Blues
, W.H. Auden
25.
somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond,
eecummings
26.
carry your heart with me(i carry it in],
ee cummings
27.
Praise Song
, Lucille Clifton
28.
Woman,
Nikki Giovanni
29.
Oranges,
Gary Soto
30.
The Girl Who Loved the Sky,
Anita Endrezze
31.
Beware: Do Not Read This Poem,
Ishmael Reed
32.
The Mewlips,
J.R.R. Tolkien
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My students are doing a March Madness poetry tournament, and this is the booklet of instructions as well as the poems that will be competing!
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