Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Contemporary Poetry

Poetry choices - 1st period


  1. Hamilton - (any song)
  2. J. Cole -  “Crooked Smile” / “False Prophets”
  3. Black-Eyed Peas - “Where is the Love”
  4. Train - “Drops of Jupiter”
  5. Get Lit Organization - “Somewhere in America”
  6. Megadeth - “Holy Wars - The Punishment Due”
  7. Cobie Callait - “Try”
  8. Maya Angelou - “Still I Rise”
  9. Chance the Rapper - “Same Drugs”
  10. Drake - “Back to Back (Freestyle)
    1. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/drake/backtobackfreestyle.html


Poetry choices - 2nd period

  1. Hamilton (any song)
  2. Black-Eyed Peas - “Where is the Love”
  3. Macklemore - “Same Love”
  4. Get Lit Organization - “Somewhere in America”
  5. Tim McGraw - “Humble and Kind”
  6. Maya Angelou - “Caged Bird”
  7. Lauren Alania - “Road Less Traveled”
  8. Kendrick Lamar - “HiiiPoWer”
  9. Jamila Woods - “beverly, huh”
  10. Shane Koyzcan - “To This Day”
    1. https://genius.com/Shane-koyczan-to-this-day-annotated

  • Read through / watch through the song / poem
  • Which parts of it speak to you? Why?
  • What is happening poetically that is different from writing / talking about these ideas in another form? Where do you see that happening?