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- How well the poem incorporates the authlete’s assigned word.
- Technical elements: meter, rhyme, form, shape, and other poetic standards.
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Here are the poems:
1-jam
Miss Trumpet
By Anna J. Boll
When the jazzy band, plays its jazzy jam
Miss Trumpet steals the show.
She slinks in, buttons down her back,
With a wink she says, “Let my brass gown
Let me skip you, trip you, Biddley-bop you, through meadows
Let me Wa-wa you, rock you low, slow, like a hammock in springtime.”
And when you’re even and easy she plunges you, Zweedley- BAM,
into ice cold waters.
vs.
8-caricature
Secret Identity
By Marileta Robinson
Inside, I am a banquet, a parade,
You only see a quiet kid
Inside, I’m jazz, I’m fireworks,
You only see a caricature
1-jam vs. 8-caricature: Which Poem Did You Prefer?
- 1-jam (Anna J. Boll) (41%, 93 Votes)
- 8-caricature (Marileta Robinson) (59%, 132 Votes)
Total Voters: 225
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