{"id":112,"date":"2020-03-24T04:47:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hccfl.edu\/creativewriting\/chapter\/writing-assignment-everyday-moment-poem\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T17:34:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T17:34:01","slug":"writing-assignment-everyday-moment-poem","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hccfl.edu\/creativewriting\/chapter\/writing-assignment-everyday-moment-poem\/","title":{"raw":"Writing Assignment: Everyday Moment Poem","rendered":"Writing Assignment: Everyday Moment Poem"},"content":{"raw":"<strong>Directions<\/strong>\n\nWrite a poem that reflects an everyday moment. You may write it in first-person point of view (I, me, my, &nbsp;we, us, etc.) or third-person point of view (he, she, it, they, etc.). Here is a list of poem suggestions:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Write about a specific sight in the city like William Carlos Williams did in \"The Great Figure.\"<\/li>\n \t<li>Write about a specific event in nature like Emily Dickinson did in her poems: \"A Bird Came Down the Walk\" and \"A Narrow Fellow in the Grass.\"<\/li>\n \t<li>Write about a specific occurrence on a farm.<\/li>\n \t<li>Write about a specific incident at a school.<\/li>\n \t<li>Write about a memory of a childhood toy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYou get the idea, right? Brainstorm a list of your own ideas, a variation of one of the above, or use one of the above ideas.\n\n<strong>Show Don't Tell<\/strong>\n\nRemember to use specific nouns and strong action verbs. Remember to&nbsp;use your senses: sight, sound, taste, touch,&nbsp;smell. Of course, poets use less words than fiction writers, too.\n\n<strong>Line Breaks<\/strong>\n\nFollow the traditional line breaks and format that most free-verse poets use. Make the line breaks where there is punctuation, an end of a phrase, or the end of a sentence.\n\n<strong>Final Draft Instructions<\/strong>\n\nFollow these instructions for typing the final draft:\n<ul>\n \t<li>The poem must be typed in a Microsoft Word file (.docx)<\/li>\n \t<li>It must have one-inch margins, be single-spaced, and typed in a 12 pt. readable font like Times New Roman, Calibri, or Arial.<\/li>\n \t<li>Don't allow the auto-correct in Microsoft Word to capitalize the first line of each poem. Use conventional English rules to write your lines.<\/li>\n \t<li>In the upper left-hand corner of page 1, type your first and last name, the name of the class, the date the assignment is due, and the assignment name. Example:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Jane Doe\nENGL 1465\u2013Creative Writing\nDue Date:\nWriting Assignment: Everyday Moment Poem<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>Be sure to give your poem a title. Do not bold, enlarge, or punctuate the title. 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