Dianne Ackerman Notes for Tomorrow

Author Diane Ackerman will visit our class today. Read her poems/writing (on class blog) and take notes. Be prepared to participate in class, and post two possible questions that you might ask her on your blog.


Notes:
  • As I am reading some of her poems I realized that she uses and writes a lot of metaphors and similes 
  • The poems that I have read are very positive, presenting a happy vibe for the poem
  • I like how she describes her ways 
  • Most poems do not go into as much detail as this
  • her poems are simple (Not confusing)
  • I also like how I read the poem first and then compare it to how the author of the poem sees/ reads it.  
  • I also like how it is from her perspective so we can picture what she is describing
  • Very different poems
  • I really like the detail and how you're supposed to eat an apricot


Questions:
  • How do you come up with such such simple but uncommon poems?
  • Do these poems have a connection? 
  • What are the relations you have with your poems?

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