Playing with Poems: Rules, Tools, and Games

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 14.02.11

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Overview
  3. Rationale
  4. Objectives
  5. Content Background
  6. Teaching Strategies
  7. Resources
  8. Annotated Bibliography
  9. Reading List for Students
  10. List of Materials for Classroom Use
  11. Appendix - Implementing District Standards
  12. Notes

Visual Poetry

Teresa Sue Strohl

Published September 2014

Tools for this Unit:

Annotated Bibliography

Byrne, Edward. "One Poet's Notes." : Stuart Davis, Walt Whitman, and Jazz. http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-davis-walt-whitman-and-jazz.html (accessed July 28, 2014).

A review of the influence Jazz had on Stuart Davis and Walt Whitman.

Corn, Alfred . "Finders, Keepers." Poetry Foundation 2013 (2013). www.poetryfoundation.org (accessed June 22, 2014).

A collection of May Swenson's poetry.

Cummings, E. E., and Richard S. Kennedy. "The Poetry of the Eye." In Selected poems. New York: Liveright, 1994. 31-37.

A book of selected poems.

Hollander, John. Words for images: a gallery of poems. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001.

A beautifully illustrated book of Ekphrastic poetry.

Hughes, Langston. The weary blues. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1926.

A collection of poems.

Huth, Geof. "Visual Poetry Today." Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryfoundation.org (accessed June 22, 2014).

An article of what visual poetry looks like today.

Mlinko, Ange. "100 Years of Poetry: May Swenson and the Life of Publication." Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/244402 (accessed July 15, 2014).

The life and poetry of May Swenson.

Pinsky, Robert . "Freedom of Poetry." Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-pinsky (accessed July 15, 2014).

The article is about the freedom in poetry and art.

Pinsky, Robert. "The Pursuit of Form." Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/article/246226 (accessed July 15, 2014).

An article about the elements of art and poetry.

Pugh, Christina. "Accessibility Blues." Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/article/181506 (accessed July 15, 2014).

An article about the voice poetry portrays with in the poem.

Silverstein, Shel. Falling up: poems and drawings. New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1996.

An assortment of poems illustrated and written by Shel Silverstein

"Visual Thinking Strategies." Home - Visual Thinking Strategies. http://vtshome.org/ (accessed July 14, 2014).

This website gives an overview of Visual Thinking Strategies.

Whipple, Laura. Celebrating America: a collection of poems and images of the American spirit. New York: Philomel Books, 1994.

A themed selection of ekphrastic poems.

Poetry Foundation. "William Carlos Williams." Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/william-carlos-williams (accessed August 15, 2014).

Biography of William Carlos Williams

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