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Poetry, Poetics, and Electric Monkeys

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ASSIGNMENTS:
ASSIGNMENT #1
DUE: Tuesday August 31st
Write an OBJECT POEM, which is a poem about an object. Pick any object, and be as descriptive of that object as you want. Use CONCRETE SPECIFIC NOUNS (table, wall, argyle socks, etc.). For the purpose of this exercise Do not use any abstract nouns (happiness, joy, etc.) Make 23 copies of your poem into lecture on Tuesday.

Some examples:
The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop
Refrigerator, 1957 by Thomas Lux
Persimmons by Li-Young Lee