Homework: Compost Poems
Whitman’s poem “This Compost” marvels at one of the great paradoxes of nature: how life springs out of the decay and corruption of death. Write your own compost-inspired poem or a poem that reflects some other process in which something that is corrupt, diseased, or deathly is transformed into something sublime. Try to express your ideas through sensory imagery rather than through “telling.”
This assignment must be typed. It is worth 10 points; you will automatically get full credit if you bring a typed copy of the poem to class with you on Monday, Nov. 16 (Alpha) / Tuesday, Nov. 17 (Omega).
