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| The poems record grief, lives, and honor voices of those who can no longer speaka nd often could not speak when alive. | The poems record grief, lives, and honor voices of those who can no longer speaka nd often could not speak when alive. |
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| ==== Mentor Texts ==== | ===== Qualities of Documentary Poetry ===== |
| Barrett Browning, Elizabeth. “The Cry of the Children.” 1844. Found online here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172981. | * Creative process connected withand inspired by primary sources |
| | * Poet’s intention is to represent tone/voice in primary sources authentically |
| | * Creative works integrate primary sources, sometimes responding to documents unseen by the reader, other times arrangingexcerpts from primary sourcesto create something new, or integrating source excerptswith original poetry |
| | * Purpose is to bear witness/raise awareness/incite social change, reflecting the role of poet as engaged citizen, journalist, historian, witness, and advocate |
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| | source: [[http://www.poetryriver.org/uploads/2/5/5/4/25542640/str14_docpoetry.pdf|http://www.poetryriver.org/uploads/2/5/5/4/25542640/str14_docpoetry.pdf]] |
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| | ===== Mentor Texts ===== |
| | Barrett Browning, Elizabeth. “[[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172981|The Cry of the Children.]]” 1844. Found online here: |
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| Dawes, Kwame. “[[http://www.livehopelove.com/|Hope: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica]].” | Dawes, Kwame. “[[http://www.livehopelove.com/|Hope: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica]].” |
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| Trethewey, Natasha. [[https://vimeo.com/6362681|“Believer.” Congregation]]. | Trethewey, Natasha. [[https://vimeo.com/6362681|“Believer.” Congregation]]. |
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| | source: Heidi Renée Aijala |
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| | ===== Reading Documentary Poetry ===== |
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| | [[https://atthewellcrw3.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/knowledge-natasha-trethewey/|Knowledge]] by Natasha Tretheway (CW: Nude cadaver) |
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| | Much of Tretheway's work derives from images. Whether from pictures, documents, or memories these poems draw on snapshots of history. When you read the [[https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b11833798#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0|history of the image]] Tretheway used (CW:suicide, body image) the poem becomes more real. |
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| | * Teaching Ideas |
| | * Have students look for elements of gender, power, and tone? |
| | * Interrogate how Tretheway treats beauty. How does this treatment affect structure? word choice? |
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| | ===== Writing Documentary Poetry ===== |
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| | [[http://www.poetryriver.org/uploads/2/5/5/4/25542640/str14_docupoetry_slides_pr.pdf|Side Show]] |
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| | * Choose an historical event OR |
| | * Choose an historical photo or different source |
| | * Research the Event |
| | * Brainstorm words, phrases or feelings from the source |
| | * You can make a graphic organizer like a tchart and one side write what you want to describe and on the left write a stanza. |
| | * Optionally incorporate direct quotes |
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| | ===== Student Examples ====== |
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