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Autobiographical Poetry
Autobiographical Poetry: Interview with Kate Rogers
About Hollay Ghadery:
Hollay Ghadery is an Iranian-Canadian writer living in Ontario. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions (2021) and winner of The Canadian Bookclub Award for nonfiction/memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box, came out Radiant Press in 2023 and her collection of short fiction, Widow Fantasies, is scheduled for release with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024. Hollay is a poetry editor with long con magazine, and the Fiction Editor of untethered. She is also the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township.
About Kate Rogers:
Kate Rogers’ poetry and critical writing have appeared in many literary journals and anthologies both in Canada and abroad, including The Montreal International Poetry Prize Anthology (Véhicule Press), Looking Back at Hong Kong (CUHK Press), subTerrain, ARC, PRISM, and many others. Her most recent poetry collection is Out of Place (Aeolus House/Quattro Books 2017.) She is a co-director of the Art Bar Poetry Reading Series in Toronto.
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I recently read the new, upcoming book from Kate Rogers, The Meaning of Leaving (AOS Publish
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Objectives
- Students will learn to write an Autobiography Poem, which is a formula poem.
- Students will create a bulletin board display, especially fitting for an Open House.Walk students through each line, having them fill in one section at a time. You might create a poem about yourself on the board while explaining the format.
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(First Name of Student)
________, __________, __________, __________
(Four adjectives to describe yourself)
Son or daughter of ____________________
Lover of _____________, ___________, ______________
Who feels ___________, ___________, ______________
Who fears ___________, _____________, _______________
Who would like to see ______________, _______________, _____________
Resident of ____________________________________
(Street, town, state, country)
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(Last Name)
- Proofread students' poems and let them write a final draft, a good penmanship lesson.
- Mount students' poems with either a photograph that you take of the student or with a self-portrait drawn by the student.