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A few weeks into fall Carol Varsalona put out a call for submissions to her Finding Fall Gallery. I wanted my students to try some fall poetry writing. I pulled up an image gallery from NBC news. I think images make for richer, image-filled poetry. Many of the images were striking, and we had a hard time choosing just one to write to. So I allowed some students to keep their favorite frozen on the Promethean while others found the gallery on other computers. Kielan captured a list poem from different images and made a poem movie on Animoto. Emily remains the Zeno master with her Fall Zeno.
Sergei Grits / AP
yellow,orange,peach,red,and brown
leaves are falling
this fall
bound
rainy weather
scares the
ground
because it melts
in fear
drowned
–Emily
Reflections on the Teche 