Poetry Sandbox

Four poems to choose from today.  Pick any two, read them once, twice, and for each  compose a single claim that might work for your first body paragraph in an essay about that poem.

Your claims may be left-side, right-side, or full, but, if left side, should go through a specific "doorway" of setting, character, action, or style, and describe that doorway specifically, originally.  Here is s list of adjectives that might help you describe the doorway you are going through.

Post your claims as "questions" in the appropriate topic set up at AP Underground.

Here are the four poems in our sandbox today, all found at the great web site Poetry 180.

"Introduction to Poetry," Billy Collins.

"Radio," Laurel Blossom

"After Us," Connie Wanek

"White Eyes," Mary Oliver