Showing posts with label Basil Bunting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Basil Bunting. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
"Coda" to Coda
My first class back after the break was today at Pilgrim. Here are 5th and 6th grade students' music poems, inspired by Basil Bunting's "Coda" (with a nod to Paul Auster).
Monday, December 13, 2010
Basil Bunting's "Coda"
One of my favorite poetry ideas is my own variation on the music poem. Click here to read all about it, and to peruse the last student poems of the year from my Solomon residency, inspired by Basil Bunting's "Coda."
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