Metaphysical+Poems+Jan+18th

As a culminating experience to our unit on Metaphysical Poetry, the students practice writing poems of their own containing metaphysical conceits. They were given an emotion and a random object to use as the basis of their conceits. Below are a few examples from our class.

My emotions are like a lighter They switch on and off. Sometimes I feel like a fighter Sometimes I feel a loft I have waited for this moment for years the anxiety drove me to tears. That is why I feel so hyper about getting a Dodge Viper.

Emotion: hyper, Item: lighters - Rylan Browner

Our love is like cookies and cream milkshakes Sweet, hard, and a hard risk to take. I feel your steaming anger when I'm away But love stays frozen just like a snowy day. A brain freeze comes from too much love I get angry like a sticky footed dove. Love will be there past the last drop I may get angry, but my love will never stop.

Emotion: steaming anger, Item: cookies and cream milkshake - Reggie Ford

I walk alone Cannot be strong Been always followed Feel just like hollow Get some more mints 'n jump over the fence 'cause no matter what I lost 'n miss It's left a little gleefulness.

Emotion: melancholic gleefulness, Item: mints - Uli Kaulfuss

The clock light grows dimmer, as the pot seems to simmer. The mallet comes down, and the batteries drown. These things you depend on, drive you to run to Don's. The only feeling you can admit is the blazing, angry look you emit.

Emotion: absolute rage, Item: battery - David Hunt