Poetry Introduction
Name ________________________
Date ________________
Instructions: Please quietly wander through the
classroom, reading the poems that are placed at
random throughout the room. Respond to each one in
the space provided below. (NOTE: There are 15
poems, you can take a “bye” on five poems!)
Stuck for something to say? Here are some suggestions:
 What feelings does this poem bring up?
 What does this poem make you think of? Does it remind
you of anything?
 What do you like/dislike about this poem?
 What do you understand/not understand in this poem?
 What is this poem talking about?
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Bike Ride With Older Boys:
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Did I Miss Anything?:
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night:
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Do You Have Any Advice for Those of us Just Starting Out?:
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Funeral Blues:
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings:
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In the Depths of Solitude:
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Love Poem with Toast:
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Somewhere I have traveled, gladly beyond:
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Stopping by the woods on a Snowy Evening:
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The Garden:
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Traveling Through the Dark:
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Wild Geese:
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Wild Nights:
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Sonnet 116:
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