Suzanne Valenza
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 Poetry 
​(sample page for my students' use)


Reflection

Finally, I thought
The reason I took Creative Writing
My chance to play with words
that detonate--sparking images and ideas
feelings and impressions
Words that denote indisputable dictionary definitions
and others that connote cognitive accounts of individual interpretations

I explored Williams and Burroway,
haiku with pictures,
other students and myself.
I enjoyed spoken word and 
perfect peer performances.
I wrote poems dense with 
alliteration, allusion, imagery,
simile, metaphor, consonance

and substantial titles
that were hopefully intense experiences
making meaning, and evoking emotion

I carried that toolbox with me
shaping and sharpening every day
​I slammed despite my nerves and 
am very proud to have overcome
It is actually positively absolutely
more fun than I thought
My only regret--
Not enough time




Picture

Seniors in Spring

Rhyming Title Poem

Vacation, Location, Relaxation
 
Today starts vacation
Time for relaxation
No matter the location
Anywhere in the nation
It’s time for celebration
 
Because it’s my expectation
That we’ll start a conversation
And increase our admiration
So, let’s travel with determination
And feel its thrill and elation

                    
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