It’s that time of the week. Yay! Today’s poem is called, “I Want To Hear a Poem,” By Steve Coleman. He’s a pretty nerdy white boy, but he’s a good slam poet, nonetheless.
When I present a spoken word performance to students, I always introduce it with a a few questions related to the content of the poem. Usually, these questions are a way to get the students to think about the topic and start to invest themselves in it. Students are more likely to understand content when they understand that it is relevant to them. Here are my questions for this poem:
1)We have learned that poetry is an outlet of expression for poets. What do poets write about?
2)Why is poetry such a strong form of expression? When you hear or read a good poem, how does it make you feel?
3)Is there an issue important to you that you haven’t read a poem about? What should you do about it?
Enjoy!
