Poetry- Table of Contents Poem
I was searching through The Practice of Poetry looking for some fun new ways to approach kids writing their own works and came across an assignment called "Index/ Table of Contents Exercise" by Lee Upton. I liked the idea of their life being a listing of where they came from and where else they can go from here. When finalized, the assignment came out as, "List ten significant people events in your life. Think of your life as a book; these are the chapters. Group together what can be compiled. Make sure to create a creative title for each chapter using a poetic term. Also the numbers of pages in a chapter should be refelctive of their importance. "
Here are some samples of their works in progress. Please feel free to give some commentary as well as constructive criticism.
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The Most Important Life in the World
By: Alex Manning
The Beginning: Being Born
3
Moving West: The First Real Trip 7
First Day of School: Kindergarten! 12
Like an Avalanche: Colorado Wins the Cup
17
Alex Leaves Twain: Powell Bound
First Day of Middle School: The Puma Takes Hold
28
Graduation: PMS is No More
35
First Day of AHS: Real Stuff at Last 40
Final Exams: Where do I Start?
48
The Most Important Life in the World
By: Alex Manning
The Beginning: Being Born
3
Moving West: The First Real Trip 7
First Day of School: Kindergarten! 12
Like an Avalanche: Colorado Wins the Cup
17
Alex Leaves Twain: Powell Bound
First Day of Middle School: The Puma Takes Hold
28
Graduation: PMS is No More
35
First Day of AHS: Real Stuff at Last 40
Final Exams: Where do I Start?
48
Umm... sorry guys I kinda got a little carried away and ended up with whereabouts of 32 chapters. And the scary thing is I could have made a lot more. But anyhow this is basically an overview of my life with some chapters at the end that detail life after AHS. Here goes.
Pinnacle
A Narrative by Dan Hunt
Table of Contents
Prologue: Out of Order…………………………………………………………………...iv
The Two That Started It All………………….......……………………………………….2
Senior Sibling…….……………………………………………………………………...20
Destined for Greatness…..……………………………………………………………….35
Roundabout the Breathing Community……………………………………………….....49
The State of Solemn Style………………………………………………………………..54
Monsters from the West………………...………………………………………………..63
Black Tape…………………………………………………………………………….....68
Roast Feet………………………………………………………………………………..72
Forts of Sorts…………………………………………………………………………….75
White n’ Fluffy…………………………………………………………………………..81
Smooth Slides and Rip-Roaring Rides…………………………………………………..84
Snowy Sights and Family Bonding...........………………………………………………89
Heat in the Street…………………..…………………………………………………....100
The Ones Who Got Me Through……………………..………………………………...114
Moving On……………………………………………………………………………...132
Like a Movie of Its Own………………………………………………………………..141
Concealed in the Pages…………………………………………………………………146
C11……………………………………………..……………………………………….150
Those Held Dear………………………………………………………………………..156
A Gentle Ring in the Ears………………………………………………………………173
Steamboat……………………………………………………………………………….178
Vibrant………………………………………………………………………………….189
Something, Far Away……………………………………………….……………….....195
The Apex of Life…………………………………………………………………….…202
Left in the Dark………………………………………………………………….....…..208
Nearly There………………………………………………………………………...…216
Those Were the Days………………………………………………………….……….224
At Its Best………………………………………………………………………………239
When it Ceases to Exist………………………………………………………………...257
Reclamation…………………………………………………………………………….275
An Epilogue, or Two…………………………………………………………………...291
My chapters are of important things or people in my life, also in most importance to least importance.
"Journey of Trials"
By: Shelby Barton
Journey of Trials
1. Answer Keeper: Mom ………………………02
2. Smile of the Day: Smith B…………………. 22
3. Answer to All: Dancing/Sports ……………..36
4. Point-of-no-Return: School …………………48
5. Skating through Life: Skating ………………60
6. Shield of Righteousness: Mrs. Schell...……..71
7. Teen Resort: Music …………………………82
8. Smile Keeper: Hamster ……………………..92
Ontogenesis of Kjerstin
1) The Big Beginning
a. Adaptations.............................................page 1
b. Starting my New Life with a Buzz in Colorado............page 6
2) Becoming One with the Family
a. As Predictable as the Change of the Year................page 10
b. To the Land of my Origin................................page 17
c. Extending the Family....................................page 27
3) Absorption
a. Early Elementary Eagle: Learning the Course.............page 33
b. Newton Knight: The Big Uprising.........................page 37
c. Arapahoe Warrior: Beginning to Spread My Wings..........page 41
4) Extending my Horizons
a. Beginning my Best Basketball............................page 45
b. Swimming Speedily like a Fish...........................page 52
5) Becoming Stronger Through Faith
a. Meeting Myself in Montana...............................page 58
b. Continuation through Confirmation.......................page 68
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Table of Contents
Nine Years on Memorable Mineral Boulevard………………..…. 1-10
Bracing for brackets…………………………………………….... 11
Grass-stained knees, thoughts ingrained with football…………… 12-15
Kaitlin awaits in squelching wet beaches……………………….. 16-20
Diving in forehead first…………………….…………………….. 21
Clouds instead of road, friendship of a frog and toad…………... 22-27
I’d rather have Id-Ra-Ha-Je……………………………………… 28-31
Hearts altered in Alamosa………………………………………. 32-33
Gumbo and crawling cockroaches:
Help for Mississippi approaches…………………………………. 34-37
Higher than the middle…………………………………………… 38- 41
Mundane drone of Driver’s Education…………………………… 42
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My name is Brian Guymon, and this is a Table of Contents of my life:
1. Farwell Fetus- 3
2. Hall of Fame or Hall of Shame?- 10
3. 88 bases; I’m Hungry for More-15
4. Baseball, Wiffleball, Softball, Tennisball-26
5. Where middle school ends, high school begins- 30
6. Honor Goner- 38
7. Big Day for ABK, Big Day for ABK, How Many Goals We Score Today? 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. ABK ABK HUAH!-51
8. Eagles, Symbol of Defeat- 58
9. Alpha Soccer-61
10. Rainbow Warriors- 67
This is my poem:
Table of Contents Poem
By Alexander Davis
The story of my birth………………. 2
Changing schools……………………5
My years of Tae-Kwan-Do.…………20
When I learned Java…........................25
Middle School Graduation…..............30
Enrolment in AHS…………………...35
Learning C++ 9th grade, semester 1....40
Table of Contents Poem
Mom and Dad -“Preparing Me for Life” 1
Sisters and Dog – “My Best Friends and My Worst Enemies” 3
Best friends & Friends– “Peer Support” 6
Birthday – “Happiest Day of the Year” 8
Summer and Vacation – “ A Time for Relaxation” 11
Soccer – “Determination and Power” 13
High school – “Time to Grow Up” 17
~Erin
Wow Dan! I really loved your poem. I thought that your chapter titles were very thought-provoking and clever. Ebert and Roeper give it two thumbs up! I would realy want to read your book!
Okay, here is my Table of Contents Poem. Enjoy!
Miracle Baby.....2
Birth
Sister
Mom
Dad
Yes, I did grow up in a Barn.....6
Horses
Kentucky
Horse Park
Gentleman Jack
Arkansas
All the World’s a Stage......10
Singing
Disney
Dress Up
You’re Going to be Popular!......13
Family
Grandparents
Aunt
Friends
So many hobbies, so little time!...16
Books
Music
Church
Movies
Rally sons of Notre Dame,
Sing her glory, and sound her fame..21
University of Notre Dame
Fighting Irish Football Team
Music is What Feelings Sound Like...25
Music
Violin
Javan Carson
Do You Dream in Chocolate?......28
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate
Parlez-vous anglais?......29
Paris
Le Boulangarie de Invalides
Normandie
Arromanches
Avranches
Cookies are made of butter and love...31
Food
Baking
Comforting people with food
Cooking
Kjerstin~ I really like what you have done by braking each chapter into a section.
DanH~I like all of the things that you have put in your poem, and I bet all of those things are important (events) in your life, but I think you may want to narrow it down and just do the really, really important events and maybe people in your life, but I do think it is good.
Erin~ I love the chapter title, Sisters and Dog – “My Best Friends and My Worst Enemies.” My sisters and I are like this too, sometimes best friends, other times loathing each other.
Dan~I agree with Shelby, your poem is too long. Try making a list of your top ten things in life and inlcuding only those things in your poem.
The Life and Times of Emily L.
Foreword: Driving Forces
My Savior 1
California Gal 20
Section One: The Early Years
Chapter 1 Humble beginnings 30
Chapter 2 Do You Know the Way to San Jose? 33
Chapter 3 A Country Lane Colt 37
Section Two: In the Middle of it all
Chapter 1 Elvira Castro Middle School 52
Chapter 2 Changes On the Horizon 56
Chapter 3 Welcome to Denver 66
Chapter 4 A new year, A new school, an Instant Challenge 71
Chapter 5 Volunteering, Togo’s and Amina 79
Chapter 6 Eighth Grade 87
Chapter 7 Volunteering, Pandas and Coyote 90
Section Three: High School
Chapter One Freshman, Freshman! 101
Chapter Two MHE 115
Chapter Three Frodo 125
Section Four: Interests:
Chapter One A place throw and talk 136
Chapter Two Opening the world up 146
Chapter Three: Walk a mile or 12 in my shoes 156
Afterward:
Future Plans 166
A lot of these chapters are about personal things or places in California, so don't worry if they of this doesn't make sense to you.
Dan~Ignore my last comment, now that I think about it, mine is really long too.
These poems were really cool. Reading the titles made me curious about the stories and memories behind them. Dan, I liked reading your poem, and Paige, yours was really unique in how you made all the lines rhyme. Good job everybody!!
Emily L- I liked the fact that your poem was very clear on the topics that were to be covered in each- Something I'm afraid that my poem is not!
Emily A- The titles of your chapters are very clever! I like the different structure.
Laura B- Great poem. It's very detailed and has good titles for its chapters.
Erin- I like how the titles of the chapters told not only what is important to you but also why they are important.
Zach F- I love how all of your chapters have a theme of sports. It is kind of interesting how you imply an important part of your life throughout the entire table of contents.
Dan H- The chapter names are good, but I agree with everyone else that there are a bit too many.
Shelby B- I like how you have a lable for each of the people or things in your chapters. It made it clear as to what you were going to talk about in each chapter.
A million experiences
1. Moving to Colorado- Creating my roots….2
2. Preschool- When image did not matter….5
3. Leaving All Souls- time for public schools….7
4. Mark Twain- Skills, Sportsmanship, and signature ….11
5. Soccer- Making it through the good times and the bad….16
6. Getting through Middle School-Seemed like more than three years….22
7. Graduating middle school-Restrictions, rigorous work, and restraint no more ….25
8. AHS- All along I have yearned, for a new way to learn ….29
9. Summers-Sneaking out, sleepovers, and sun….34
10. Family- Another reunion??….38
Okay guys well I did mine like it was a fashion editoral TOC, with the focas on events in my life and things that I hope will happen.
Up In Lights
Table of Contents: Cover Highlights
High school Days............ 1.
Ayla Reed tells how to survive your high school
Get Your Kicks on Route 66......15.
Ayla Reed gets her permit, Hollywoodstyle.
Idol's coming..................16.
Miss Reed is going to be the newest Singing star!
Nationals, here we come...17.
Ayla Reed goes to nationals, we've got the scoop.
Actress Anyone?.............20.
Reed lands another Grammy! The news on the multi-talented starlet.
Fashion..................101. Newsflash!! Reed breaks out signature fashion line at 16!!
My Family...........1991.
Ayla Reed tells all about the family and faith that helped her to stardom.
*I meant a lot of these chapters are about personal things or places in California, so don't worry if they don't make sense to you. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! I need to edit my posts better. I can't figure how to delte my old post or I would.
Shauna Maty
Smith 2
Table of Contents
1.Bouncing Baby Born……………………………………0
2.Growing up in Colorado……………………….1
3.Summer swimming Splashes……..…….15
4.‘Round the World….…………………….…...25
5.IceHockey…………………………………………………………41
6.Washington, DC 8th Grade Craziness ......................…50
7.Blood, Sweat, Tears…and CHAMPIONS!…………………………………………....…….61
8.The Lenski Super Stars……...……….70
9.The Powell Pumas………………………….……….88
10.Class of 2010n(To Be Continued)…………………….……………………………………………….………..95
Table of Contents
1. A Whole New world.............1
2. Anniversary of Life...........4
3. Perky Puppy..................10 4. Give My Regards to Broadway..13
5. A Tumbling Life..............17
6. From Tigers to Pumas.........22
7. Fun in the Sun…………………........29 8. Stick Work...................37
9. Rockin’ Rollin’ Rides........47
10. A Splash in Time............52
11. Warrior Pride(Still being written)........................60
Wow sorry my poem is all messed up.
Ok...mine is a completely different format...so...yah...it's also kind of long and raw...here it goes!
When young, life is slow,
Like the beginning of a story
Simple introductions, Bob met Joe.
The introductions grow into friendships
Baa and Tenku will be friends forever
From the first page onward, they’re mentioned
The first few chapters are always boring
Pagees 3-7 set the stage for the story
By page 8 still dancing, and believing
The fairy tale begins to end
Unicorns and fairies depart, by 10
There is a hole that cannot mend.
By page 14 I discover my love of traveling
Places to go, people to see, things to do
Every place I visit, I’m learning
Slowly life picks up pace
Suddenly, all that was concrete
Is now fragile lace.
The move to Boise is found on page 20
And within that section is new material
New friends, new places, a new me.,
Music becomes more prominent
Pages 26-28 are dedicated to Musicales
Sound of Music, Cats, and Rent.
Who can say what will happen next?
What will I do? Who will I meet?
What problems will arise before the climax?
I don't know if anyone will even read this but...
Table of Contents Poem
• Just like a Warrior...1
• The Most Amazing Week of My Life...3
• Goodbye Best Friend...13
• Relax, its Only Girl’s LAX...15
• I’m not Quitting, it’s Only the Beginning...16
• Slow and Steady Wins the Race!...17
• Try, try, and try again. Try, try, try and WIN!...19
• The Majestic Mahogany Harp...21
• CRACK! Ouch! My Wrist!...23
• Maddening Metal in my Mouth...27
Chapter One
Breaking Free Page 2
Chapter Two
Happy Birthday to Me! Happy Birthday to Me!
Happy Birthday Dear Chelsea!
Happy Birthday to Me! Page 8
Chapter Three
“Wait? We don’t have to fly over an
ocean to get to DC?!” Page 20
Chapter Four
“5 6 7 8 Hit It!” Page 30
Walk Don’t Run Page 35
Chapter Five
Just Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming Page 40
Chapter Six
Class of 2010… Perfect 10! Page 50
Chapter Seven
“Drink some milk and ice it.
It will be all better by Monday.” Page 70
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