Emily Dickinson
If Emily Dickinson Were on Facebook . . .
List of Emily Dickinson poems alluded to in Billy Collins' poem "Taking off Emily Dickinson's Clothes"
List of Emily Dickinson poems alluded to in Billy Collins' poem "Taking off Emily Dickinson's Clothes"
Billy Collins
Click here to watch Billy Collins promote his new book on The Colbert Report.
Click here to watch a Billy Collins TED Talk.
Actually, Billy Collins is on Facebook; you can friend him here.
Assignment: Read through the other Billy Collins poems. Copy and paste two that you like into a Google Doc. In one 80 to 120 word paragraph for each poem, write a short summary that describes the poem, and explain why you chose the poem. Click here to read more Billy Collins poems on Poem Hunter.
Click here to watch a Billy Collins TED Talk.
Actually, Billy Collins is on Facebook; you can friend him here.
- "Flames"
- "I Go Back to the House for a Book"
- "NIghtclub" paired with "They Say It's Wonderful" by Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane
Assignment: Read through the other Billy Collins poems. Copy and paste two that you like into a Google Doc. In one 80 to 120 word paragraph for each poem, write a short summary that describes the poem, and explain why you chose the poem. Click here to read more Billy Collins poems on Poem Hunter.
Walt Whitman
"I Hear America Singing" Reading & Discussion
"On the Beach at Night Alone" ~ Powerpoint Presentation
"Song of Myself"
"On the Beach at Night Alone" ~ Powerpoint Presentation
"Song of Myself"