28. Turn a passage into a poem. Be sure to cite the passage first. (Poetic responses may be somewhat shorter than the required 200-400 words, perhaps only 100 words.) Then briefly describe the artistic and emotional differences in the two formats (your other 100 words).
The passage I’m using appears on pages 134-136 of A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca. I chose it because he paints a vivid picture of what his childhood home and his grandfather were like, and because it’s a nostalgic, pleasant memory within the cruel, unrelenting prison environment. Sometimes all we have to hold onto are the small pleasantries, because big ones don’t exist.
I think prose and poetry differ in that when writing prose, you can include a lot more description
The passage I’m using appears on pages 134-136 of A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca. I chose it because he paints a vivid picture of what his childhood home and his grandfather were like, and because it’s a nostalgic, pleasant memory within the cruel, unrelenting prison environment. Sometimes all we have to hold onto are the small pleasantries, because big ones don’t exist.
I think prose and poetry differ in that when writing prose, you can include a lot more description