Poetry Out Loud!

Part One:
1. Barter by Sara Teasdale
2. Late Echo by John Ashbery
3. A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
4. Song by Edmund Waller
5. Zoom! by Simon Armitage

Part Two:
Out of all the poems that are listed above, I would most likely want to study further with Barter by Sara Teasdale. I liked this poem the most because in choir in 8th grade, my choir sang the song that used the words to this poem as lyrics. My choir teacher had picked this song, the day after the orchestra teacher had died. My teacher wanted to pick this song because of its meaning of life. I got very emotional about this song, because the teacher that had passed, was the first person to teach me how to read music. And I am forever grateful to him. But I never got to tell him how grateful I was, because going into middle school I choose choir instead of orchestra. So I would chose this poem, because the song and poem mean a lot to me in many ways.

Part Three:
Well after reading the grading criteria, I think the two easiest criteria for me will be physical presence and voice and articulation. Physical presence will be easy for me because I have to have eye contact with people or i drive myself crazy. S that won't be a problem, and I also am very confident in front of people and will not be nervous. Voice will also be quite easy for me because i have no problem making sure everyone hears what i am saying! I think the two criteria that will be a little trouble accuracy because I trend to not say my words the way the dictionary says I should. And second, is level of difficultly because I like simple poems so that might be a problem.

Part Four:
Writ on the Steps of Puerto Rican Harlem
by Gregory Corso-
This poem was successful because you can tell that he understands the poem and with his body language he changes the emotions in the poem. The poem also went well because he pacing was natural and his pauses where perfect length.

Sonnet CXXX: My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun
by William Shakespeare-
This poem went well because the reader has a presence that is confident and her voice is strong and you can;t tell if she is nervous or not.

Part Five:
After leaning more about Poetry Out Loud I am very ready for the competition because I think that is would be a fun program to attend. I am kinda nervous, because I hope that I give the poet justice and do their poem good. I am choosing my poem off of what poem I have the most emotion connection with, because I am reading the poem from my heart. So that is the biggest struggle right now, trying to find a poem I can relate to. But I am confident that I will find a great poem!